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Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH - Crimson Red Transparent

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Flame Maple Top, Mahogany Neck, Indian Laurel Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Crimson Red Transparent
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This Ain't Your Father's Tele

You can rock out on a Tele — Jimmy Page proved that. But the Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH takes it to a whole new dimension. A mahogany body topped with eye-popping flame maple delivers a muscular-sounding resonant bite. A pair of high-octane Seymour Duncan humbuckers infuses this Custom Tele with enough vintage-inspired output to thrust your amp into overdrive. It pulls off single-coil tones as well, courtesy of a push-pull coil tap. And this electric guitar's set Indian laurel-capped mahogany neck is built for sustain, speed, and playability. If you're searching for a Tele with a mean streak, you've come to the right place. The Custom Telecaster FMT HH is the right guitar for you.

Flame maple on mahogany — a classic tonewood recipe

Despite its familiar body shape, the Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH isn't your typical Tele. It all starts with a mahogany body. This resonant wood has great musical properties, delivering warmth and sustain by the truckload. An eye-catching flame maple top infuses an already superb tone with a healthy bite, while further enhancing the guitar's sustain. Stylish cream binding completes the look of this exquisite instrument.

Dual humbuckers for fire-breathing rock tones

Thanks to its dual Seymour Duncan humbuckers, the Custom Telecaster FMT HH is a fire-breathing beast. A warm '59 neck pickup evokes a 1950s PAF-style humbucker. This vintage re-creation serves up slightly scooped mids and is vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance. The Pearly Gates bridge pickup smolders with a sweet yet slightly rude sound that will inject your amp with loads of sustain and harmonics. This Custom Tele features 3-way pickup switching and a push-pull coil tap for achieving spanky single-coil tones.

Set neck yields endless sustain and playability

The Custom Telecaster FMT HH eschews the Tele's usual bolt-on maple neck for a glued-in mahogany version. The warmth and resonance of the mahogany meld beautifully with the set neck's heightened sustain, resulting in a killer tone that takes no prisoners. Beyond that, this neck's Modern "C" shape fills your hand perfectly, and its Indian laurel fingerboard was built for speed.

Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH Features:

  • Mahogany body topped with eye-popping flame maple delivers a muscular-sounding resonant bite
  • High-octane Seymour Duncan humbuckers yield enough vintage-inspired output to thrust your amp into overdrive
  • 3-way pickup switching and a push-pull coil tap for achieving spanky single-coil tones
  • Set Indian laurel-capped mahogany neck is built for sustain, speed, and playability
  • Graphite nut and 6-saddle strings-through-body hardtail bridge ensure maximum sustain
  • Matching painted headstock and cream binding elevate this instrument's already stylish appearance
  • Aggressive-looking black hardware

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Telecaster
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Carved Flamed Maple
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color Crimson Red Transparent
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Mahogany
  • Neck Shape Modern C
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 15.75"
  • Fingerboard Material Indian Laurel
  • Fingerboard Inlay Abalone Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.625"
  • Nut Material Graphite
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece 6-saddle Strings-thru Hardtail
  • Tuners Standard Die-cast Sealed
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1N RP Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone (push/pull coil-tap)
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Fender 250L, NPS, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 0262004538

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Rated 5/5

Five Star in Every Aspect

Between a flawless build quality (Thanks to skilled Indonesian craftsmen and women),
A superb fretboard, the best pickups that I have ever heard or played, body balance. TONE, any tone You want or can think of, in one guitar, end of search, piece of mind.

Mine's red w/matching red headstock, cream binding, black Open humbuckers. Dead quiet.

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Rated 5/5

Love this!

Mine just got here a few hours ago and I can't put it down! It's SOOO lightweight and comfortable. Love all the tones I get out of this guitar paired with my Fender Mustang modeling amp I may just get rid of all my other guitars, lol!
Thanks to Justin Dunn my sales engineer for helping me spec this out just how I wanted it. Literally unboxed it and plugged it in. Great service. I'm a satisfied Sweetwater customer to say the least!
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This beauty is my first purchase from Sweetwater. Every stage of my purchase has been awesome. From the 1st interaction with my sales rep to the ordering and delivery of the guitar, my experience has been perfect.

This is a 'weird Fender Tele' to say the least. From the FMT, set neck, binding, Seymour Duncan pickups you have to do a double take to make sure it's a Fender Telecaster. I love the 15" radius neck. It's plays so fast and smooth. I haven't played around with the coil tap much, but the humbuckers sound great. I am looking forward to playing this guitar for years to come.
Music background: Trumpet, Guitar, Pokemon Master
Rated 5/5

Sweet little player!

I actually owned an early 2000's model that was made in Korea and it was one of the smoothest and easy playing guitars I've ever owned or played. Found it at a pawnshop and paid a ridiculously low price for it. It was in really dirty condition and had been cosmetically neglected, but after some TLC it was awesome. The neck was ridiculously fast and smooth. The overall build was excellent, it was just a gorgeous guitar. Loved the set neck, which was perfect on mine. The MIK version I owned came with stock Fender Atomic II and Fender Black Canyon humbuckers which were pretty good but had so much grime and dirt embedded in them I decided to drop in a set of Hot-Rodded Seymours (SH-4 & SH-2n). Gigged with it for many years playing classic rock and this guitar really delivered! Unfortunately it was lost in a house fire and when I saw that Fender had re-issued them I put one on my Sweetwater Wish List and hope to purchase one summer 2020. Can't wait.
Music background: Former gigging musician (until I got really old)
Rated 4.5/5

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We All play guitar, what a gift !!

This Fender FMT Telecaster is perfect.
Amazing build, neck feel is a ten, Seymour Duncan 59 neck and Pearly Gates bridge pickups are the most clear pu's I have ever played through, really, ever. That's from the 70s until now.

The guitar is a lifetime keeper. Buy It. That's All Folks, Play Loud n Clear
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