Fender Custom Shop Vintage Collector 1955 Relic Telecaster

The Fender Custom Shop Vintage Collector Series 1955 Relic Telecaster Masterbuilt by Yuriy Shishkov will please any vintage Tele fan fortunate enough to strap it on. This Guitar Center exclusive is part of our Vintage Collector's series. These will be limited to only 15 instruments worldwide and found only at Guitar Center. 

These are recreations of Joe Bonamassa's 1955 Telecaster in 2-tone sunburst, which was an exceptionally rare color in 1955 on a Tele. His guitar was purchased from our Vintage department and is such a special guitar that we had the Fender Custom Shop make 15 recreations of it built by Masterbuilder Yuriy Shishkov. The Vintage Collectors series is based on ultra cool guitars that were purchased from our Vintage department at Guitar Center.

Features

Body

• Body shape: Single cutaway
• Body type: Solid body
• Body material: Solid wood
• Top wood: Not applicable
• Body wood: Ash
• Body finish: Relic Nitrocellulose
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: '57 soft V
• Neck wood: Quartersawn Maple
• Joint: Bolt-on
• Scale length: 25.5 in.
• Truss rod: Vintage
• Neck finish: Relic

Fretboard

• Material: Maple
• Radius: 7.25 in.
• Fret size: Vintage-style
• Number of frets: 21
• Inlays: Dot
• Nut width: 1.65 in. (42 mm)

Pickups

• Configuration: SS
• Neck: Hand-wound '55 Tele
• Middle: Not applicable
• Bridge: Hand-wound '51 Nocaster
• Brand: Fender Custom shop
• Active or passive pickups: Passive
• Series or parallel: Series
• Piezo: No
• Active EQ: No
• Special electronics: None

Controls

• Control layout: Master volume, tone
• Pickup switch: 3-way
• Coil tap or split: No
• Kill switch: No

Hardware

• Bridge type: Fixed
• Bridge design: Vintage-style
• Tailpiece: String thru body
• Tuning machines: Vintage-style
• Color: Nickel/chrome

Other

• Number of strings: 6-string
• Special features: Built by Yuriy Shishkov, Relic treatment, Electronics
• Case: Hardshell case
• Accessories: Certificate of authenticity
• Country of origin: United States