The 2018 Fender Custom Shop Relic Telecaster combines classic style with modern features. This guitar stems from a distinctive year for the Telecaster, 1954. The Telecaster received a few updates that year, novel steel barrel bridge saddles were joined by a new “U”-shaped quartersawn maple neck profile and single-ply White Eggshell pickguard. Providing the modern playability of a 9.5” radius fingerboard and 6105 frets, Fender Custom Shop has fashioned a tried and true workhorse.

  The ’54 Relic Telecaster sports Fat 50’s Tele wiring, ’55-’57 Tele bridge assembly and vintage-style tuning machines, along with a hand-wound ’51 Nocaster bridge pickup matched to a hand-wound ’51 Loaded Nocaster neck pickup for perfectly balanced tone. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.

Serial Number: CZ533313

Weight:  6 lbs 15 

Body Material:  2-Piece Select A​sh
Body Finish:  Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material:  Quartersawn ​Maple
Neck Shape:  54 "U" (1st Fret: .880" - 12th Fret: .980")
Scale Length:  25.5"
Radius:  9.5"
Frets:  21
Fret Size:  610​5​ Frets
String Nut:  Bone
Nut Width:  1.650"
Neck Plate:  4-Bolt Vintage-Style
Neck Finish:  Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Inlays:  Micarta Black
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '51 Nocaster 
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded Nocaster
Controls:  Volume, Tone
Special Electronics:  Fat 50's Wiring
Bridge:  3-Saddle American Vintage w/ Threaded​ Barrel Saddles
Tuners:  Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Pickguard:  1-Ply Egg Shell
Control Knobs:  Vintage Chrome
Strings:  Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
Accessories:  Deluxe Hardshell Case; Strap; Certificate of Authenticity