MORE ABOUT 1954 RELIC® TELECASTER®
Combining the 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. Matchless in look and tone, our ‘54 Relic® is loyal recreation of this classic with its period-correct top hat switch tip and hand-wound pickups. Providing the modern playability of a 9.5”-radius fingerboard with 6105 frets, Fender® Custom Shop has fashioned a tried and true workhorse for today’s nostalgic player.
Combining the best of the past and present, 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, 3-way switch, bone nut and round string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
SPECS
General
| Model Name: | 1954 Telecaster Relic®, Maple Fingerboard, Wide Fade 2 Color Sunburst |
| Model Number: | 9235000527 |
| Series: | Time Machine |
| Color: | Aged Black |
Body
| Body Shape: | Telecaster® |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Select Ash |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Shape: | 1954 “U” |
| Scale Length: | 25.5″ (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | 6105 Narrow Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650″ (42 mm) |
| Headstock: | Telecaster® |
| Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt Vintage-Style |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | 1-Piece Maple |
| Position Inlays: | Micarta Black |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’51 Nocaster® Bridge |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster |
| Controls: | Volume, Tone |
| Pickup Switching: | 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge, Middle and And Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SS |
Hardware
| Bridge: | 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style with Fender Logo |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Black |
| Control Knobs: | Knurled Dome |
Miscellaneous
| Strings: | Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges) |
| Included Accessories: | Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity |