SOLD C.SHOP 2017 HEAVY RELIC 53 TELECASTER 30th ANNIVERSARY

More about 1953 Heavy Relic® Telecaster®

Hearkening back to the exciting period when the Telecaster was a “new-fangled” instrument with surging popularity, the 1953 Heavy Relic Telecaster combines the sound and style of the past with modern features and playability. The lightweight two-piece ash body wears a carefully aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish, giving it the look and feel of a road dog that’s only seen the inside of a case once or twice during its service.
A pair of hand-wound Custom Shop single-coil pickups provides the classic Tele tone—the Twisted Tele neck pickup is joined by a fat-sounding “Broadcaster” bridge pickup for an unbeatable combination. Modern wiring, including a Greasebucket tone circuit that preserves volume when rolling back the tone control, shapes the pickups’ voice.
Other sterling features include a tinted quartersawn maple neck with “U”-shaped profile, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard, 21 6100 jumbo frets, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, ‘51/’54 bridge with bend brass saddles, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logo, bone nut and round string tree. Includes a deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

Specs

General

Model Name:	1953 Heavy Relic® Telecaster®, Maple Fingerboard,
Model Number:	1550122803
Series:	Time Machine
Color:	Wide Fade Two Color Sunburst

Body

Body Shape:	Telecaster®
Body Material:	2-Piece Select Ash
Body Finish:	Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

Neck Material:	Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape:	Early ’50s “U”
Scale Length:	25.5″ (648 mm)
Fingerboard Radius:	9.5″ (241 mm)
Number of Frets:	21
Fret Size:	6100 Jumbo
String Nut:	Bone
Nut Width:	1.650″ (42 mm)
Neck Plate:	4-Bolt Vintage-Style
Neck Finish:	Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard:	1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
Position Inlays:	Micarta Black

Electronics

Bridge Pickup:	Custom Shop Handwound Original Blackguard Tele® Bridge
Neck Pickup:	Custom Shop Hand-Wound “Twisted” Tele® Single-Coil
Controls:	Volume, Tone
Pickup Switching:	3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration:	SS
Special Electronics:	Modern Tele® Wiring with Greasebucket Tone Circuit

Hardware

Bridge:	3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Compensated Brass Saddles
Tuning Machines:	Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Orientation:	Right-Hand
Pickguard:	Relic 1-Ply Black Phenolic
Control Knobs:	Knurled Dome

Miscellaneous

Strings:	Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
Included Accessories:	Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity