Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition ‘63 Telecaster Heavy Relic Super Faded Aged Olympic White - USA 2018

The ‘63 Telecaster is one of the high points of Fender’s early-60s design. It has a lightweight ash body, a slim oval C neck, a round-laminate rosewood fingerboard and a simple two-pickup circuit that has barely changed since. The Custom Shop’s Heavy Relic version puts all of that into a guitar that already looks like it has been gigged for decades.

This one was built in 2018 as part of the Custom Shop’s NAMM Limited Edition run. It has a two-piece sorted ash body finished in Super Faded Aged Olympic White nitrocellulose flash coat lacquer. The finish is worn back to bare ash, with checking and dings across the face and a heavy worn patch on the back, all applied at the factory. The neck is quartersawn maple in a ’60s oval C shape, with a medium-tint flash coat finish and “dirty aging” on the back of the neck to match the body. The fingerboard is AAA rosewood with a 9.5" to 12" compound radius, 21 Sanko 6105 frets, white Micarta dots and a bone nut.

The electronics are a hand-wound Twisted Tele neck pickup and a hand-wound Broadcaster bridge pickup, wired with the Custom Shop’s Fat ’50s circuit. The vintage-style three-saddle bridge, knurled chrome knobs, vintage tuners with the Fender logo and the four-bolt neck plate are all relic’d chrome and nickel. A mint green three-ply pickguard completes it. The limited edition decal is on the headstock.

It comes in the black Fender Custom Shop hardshell case with the red plush interior, with the Certificate of Authenticity, the original Shop Floor Traveler and case candy. The traveler is the build sheet that lists every part this guitar left the factory with.

If you want a proper Custom Shop Tele with the vintage look built in, get in touch.

Specifications:

Weight: 3.11kg / 6.86lb

Action at 1st Fret: 0.5mm

Action at 12th Fret: 1.75mm

Neck Depth at 1st Fret: 20.85mm

Neck Depth at 12th Fret: 22.88mm

Nut Width: 42.09mm

Width at 12th Fret: 51.65mm

Model: Fender Custom Shop ‘63 Telecaster Heavy Relic

Edition: 2018 NAMM Limited Edition

Year: 2018

Origin: USA

Finish: Super Faded Aged Olympic White, Heavy Relic, Nitrocellulose Flash Coat Lacquer

Body: Ash, Two-Piece, ‘63 Tele Style

Neck: Quartersawn Maple, Dirty Aging on Back of Neck

Neck Profile: ’60s Oval C

Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood, 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius

Inlays: White Micarta Dots

Scale Length: 25.5"

Frets: 21, Sanko 6105

Nut: Bone

Pickups: Hand-Wound Twisted Tele (Neck), Hand-Wound Broadcaster (Bridge)

Controls: Volume, Tone, 3-Way Switch, Fat ’50s Wiring

Bridge: Vintage-Style Three-Saddle, Relic

Tuners: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo, Relic

Hardware: Chrome and Nickel, Relic

Pickguard: Mint Green, 3-Ply

Neck Plate: Four-Bolt, Relic

Case: Original Fender Custom Shop Hardshell Case

Included: Certificate of Authenticity, Shop Floor Traveler, Case Candy