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: | 9235000528 |
Series: | Time Machine |
Color: | Wide Fade 2 Color Sunburst |
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 |