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Fender Custom Shop 51 Telecaster Heavy Relic
Guitar description
A gorgeous 51 Tele from the Fender Custom Shop in 2016. This one is in the classic blonde finish and is a very heavy Relic finish with extensive marks and paint removal on the body and neck. It has that classic beaten up 1950s vintage guitar look to it, just beautiful. With a nice light ash body and a chunky quarter sawn maple neck this guitar has that classic early 50s vibe to it. The neck is a 51 U shape and is chunky, if you're a fan of thin necks then best to pass on this one, it's chunky. We've had this one fully set up, frets levelled and dressed and it's playing and sounding exactly as it should. Classic vintage tones and hugely playable, easy clean bends right up the neck. This one comes with the certificate and tags but we're supplying it in a brand new genuine G&G Fender custom shop case as the original went missing (long story involving UPS and a case swap), so the case is 100% mint and new.
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 10 |
| Body | 2 PC Ash |
| Candy | Mostly present inc cert |
| Case | Replacement genuine CS G&G case brand new |
| Frets | Medium Jumbo |
| Neck | Maple |
| Neck shape | 51 U Shape (very large) |
| Number of frets | 21 |
| Pickups | CS Handwound |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 25.05mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 51.6mm |
| Nut slot depth | 24.99mm |
| Nut width | 41.83mm |
Guitar condition
Superb condition. Has been used but not too much, tons of fret life left.
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- Fret dress and polish
- Fret level
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — D'Addario EXL120-10P 9-42
Original build sheet
The original Shopify file is preserved at its exported address.
Open build sheet ↗Gallery uses 6 preserved photographs selected in backup filename order from the 54-image backup.
