A Tele Relic for the Ages
If you're a fan of early '60s Teles, the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition 1960 Telecaster Journeyman Relic will float your boat. This amazing axe serves up the legendary twang, bite, and vibe of a vintage original, with modern playability — and without an exorbitant investment and endless visits to your luthier. This guitar may look six decades old, but it delivers performance enhancements such as a quartersawn AA flame maple Oval "C" neck and a premium AAA rosewood, flat-lam fingerboard with a modern 9.5-inch radius, rolled edges, and 6105 narrow-tall frets. Loaded with superb-sounding hand-wound Tele pickups and Fat '50s wiring, the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Telecaster Relic sates your senses with its impeccable tone and addictive playability.
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The Journeyman Relic treatment
Though a relic'd guitar finish is almost as common these days as a flawless factory finish, it was the Fender Custom Shop that pioneered the process — and they know how to do it better than anyone. Fender offers different levels of finish distressing. One of the newer techniques is the Journeyman, found on the Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition 1960 Telecaster Journeyman Relic. This is an authentic nitrocellulose lacquer finish, which is thinner than today's polyurethane finishes, allowing the wood to breathe and the tone to bloom. You get a look and feel that's used but not abused. Imagine a beloved, decades-old guitar that's been well taken care of, with a played-in feel but perfect fretwork. Like every high-end instrument in our Guitar Gallery, it's been through Sweetwater's 55-point Inspection and plays splendidly, right out of the box.
The Dream Factory
Since its founding in 1987, the Fender Custom Shop has been home to some of the finest luthiers in the world. Whether you're investing in a unique, limited-edition, or one-off guitar like the Limited-edition 1960 Telecaster Journeyman Relic, or having them build-to-order the Fender of your dreams, the Custom Shop earns its nickname — The Dream Factory — with every masterpiece they create. Custom Shop instruments are made from only the highest-grade, hand-selected materials, including impeccable tonewoods, high-end electronics, and premium hardware. And to protect your investment for many decades of playing enjoyment, your Fender Custom Shop instrument comes in a deluxe hardshell case, complete with a certificate of authenticity.
Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition 1960 Telecaster Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar Features:
- Relic lacquer finish and aged hardware for authentic vintage look and feel
- Select alder body, Parchment Relic pickguard
- Quartersawn AA maple neck, oval "C" profile
- AAA flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard, 9.5-inch radius, 21 #6105 narrow-tall frets
- Hand-wound '58 Tele neck and bridge pickups
- Fat '50s Telecaster control set
- Bone nut, vintage-style bridge and tuning machines
- Handcrafted in Fender's Corona, CA Custom Shop
- Includes Custom Shop hardshell case and Certificate of Authenticity
