Preserving the iconic appointments of the sought after early Telecaster guitars, this 1954 model features a two-piece select ash body (with offset seam on the treble side), a one-piece rift sawn maple neck with 54-style U back-shape and vintage compound 7.25 to 9.5 fingerboard radius. Equipped with a pair of Custom Shop hand-wound Loaded 51 Nocaster pickups, this guitar has all the clarity and twang you would expect from an early-50s Tele, but with a bit of extra power on tap.The 1954 Telecaster is available in a number of Custom Shop treatments with varying degrees of wear, including Time Capsule, DLX Closet Classic, Relic, Journeyman Relic, Heavy Relic and Super Heavy Relic.Other premium features include 21 medium vintage (47095) frets, fat ’50s tele wiring, 3-way switch, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, ’51-’54 Tele bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specifications
General
- SERIES: Time Machine
- ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
- COLOR: Faded Aged Nocaster Blonde
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
Neck
- HEADSTOCK: Telecaster
- NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
- NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- NECK SHAPE: 1954 “U”
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25″ to 9.5″ Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck
- POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot – 0.25″
- NUMBER OF FRET: S21
- TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- STRING NUT: Bone
- NUT WIDTH: 1.625″ (41.3 mm)
- NUT MATERIAL: Bone
Body
- BODY: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
- BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- BODY SHAPE: Telecaster
- BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
Hardware
- BRIDGE: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Saddles
- PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
- CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
- SWITCH TIP: Barrel Style, Black
- HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
- TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
- STRING TREES: Vintage-Style Disc
- STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop “V” Logo
Electronics
- BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster
- NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded ’51 Nocaster
- PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
- CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
- SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell
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