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Fender Custom Shop Telecaster 58 Heavy Relic Red Sparkle
Guitar description
Very unusual to find a Relic Tele in this colour. This wonderful heavy relic 58 Telecaster certainly stands out in this amazing finish. This example from 2008 is a very heavy Relic finish with plenty of factory wear marks. The traveller document does mention the very extensive heavy relic work. If you like very heavy relic finishes then you'll love this Tele. A light and very resonant guitar that oozes vintage character. The lacquer on the neck is a super thin coat with the neck back nicely stripped, it's silky smooth and a dream to play. The neck shape is a very comfy soft V which feels great. The sound of the guitar, with it's custom shop hand wound pickups is just as you'd expect from a classic vintage relic Tele like this. Great tones and the usual versatility. Presented in the original tweed case with tags and certificate. This lovely guitar has been used (not surprisingly, it's too good to put down) but remains is excellent condition and is ready to rock!
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 10 |
| Body | 2 piece ash (Sorted) |
| Candy | mostly present inc cert |
| Case | Original tweed |
| Frets | Sanko 6105 |
| Neck | Maple |
| Neck shape | 57 style Soft V |
| Number of frets | 21 |
| Pickups | Twister Tele / 51 nocaster |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 25mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 51.75mm |
| Nut slot depth | 21.73mm |
| Nut width | 42.33mm |
Guitar condition
A used guitar that's been played and enjoyed. Plenty of fret life left though and in great overall conditon. Has uprated compensated saddles but aside from that is all stock.
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- Fret dress and polish
- Fret level
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Strip-down authenticity check
- Tremolo balance setup
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — daddario 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 42-image backup.
