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Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Custom 72 Relic
Guitar description
A rare opportunity came up to get our hands on one of these so we naturally jumped at the chance. Extremely unusual to see Custom Shop Relics of the 72 Tele custom and this one is a beautiful guitar. From 2014 and in amazingly good condition complete with the case, traveller document and the usual candy. This one comes supplied with a six saddle bridge as an extra, but a previous owner has already fitted a set of compensated saddles to improve intonation. We will supply a set of original ones to ensure 100% originality in the case (we will leave the compensated ones on as they are a vast improvement. With it's 69 U shaped maple neck this Tele feels like a joy to play, the pickup combination is superb and the tones you get out of this thing are addictive. The finish is a nicely checked Nitro on the body with some great relic wear and a tinted poly finish on the neck with a high gloss finish and no stickiness, so is very reminiscent of the original 72 guitars. We absolutely love this guitar and it will be a shame to see it go, especially as it's unlikely we'll see another one for some time.
Guitar specification
| Country of manufacture | USA |
|---|---|
| Fret board radius | 10 |
| Body | 2 PC Ash Sorted for weight |
| Candy | Mostly present inc cert |
| Case | Original case (one latch broken) |
| Frets | Sanko 6105 (med jumbo) |
| Neck | Maple |
| Neck shape | 69 U |
| Number of frets | 21 |
| Pickups | HW Humbucker and 72 Tele neck |
| Neck depth @ 12th fret | 23.57mm |
| Neck width @ 12th fret | 52.27mm |
| Nut slot depth | 22.54mm |
| Nut width | 42.31mm |
Guitar condition
Superb condition. All original aside from saddled swapped for compensated ones (set of originals included in case you want to return it to 100% stock)
What did we do?
- Action setup and string-height adjustment
- Cleaned
- Fret dress and polish
- New strings
- Nut lubrication
- Truss-rod adjustment
- New strings — D'Addario EXL120-10P 9-42
Gallery uses 6 preserved photographs selected in backup filename order from the 43-image backup.
