Fender Limited Edition Custom Shop CuNiFe Blackguard Ash Tele, Heavy Relic Electric Guitar W/ case
Hand crafted by Fender's most skilled and talented builders, the dedicated Custom Shop technicians - part craftsman, part artist, part music fan and, more often than not, part mad scientist - imbue each guitar with history and the spirit of "The Dream Factory". Nothing Beats a Fender Custom Shop guitar for Pristine Vintage Tone and Unparalleled Playability!
Limited Edition CuNiFe Blackguard Ash Tele
Developed by Seth Lover, who joined Fender in 1971, the “cunife” pickup features a two-coil humbucking design that uses 12 cunife screws connected on the bottom by a steel plate. Cunife is an alloy named for its three constituent metals—copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe)—and in instrument pickups it produces a distinctive “hi fidelity” sound with rich bass and clear treble, and they never lose their attack or definition when pushed. We used samples of the original magnets to develop these pickups over a two-year period, and we’ve brought the material back exactly as it was 40 years ago. The “Blackguard Tele” has been and still is to this day our most popular guitar, and for good reason. The Limited Edition Cunife Blackguard Tele Heavy Relic combines elements of the classic Blackguard Tele with custom features including the cunife neck pickup and a Bigsby B-5 bridge and tailpiece making for a tantalizing combination that would inspire any player.
The guitar features a two-piece select ash body, one-piece tinted rift-sawn maple neck with 11/’56 off-center “V” back-shape, and 9.5”-radius fingerboard with 21 narrow tall frets. Hand-wound ’50-’51 Blackguard Tele (bridge) and wide-range cunife (neck) pickups feature three-way switching and Dual Stack HS Tele wiring. Additional features include a single-ply black phenolic pickguard, Bigsby B-5 bridge and tailpiece for classic vibrato tone, vintage-style tuners, bone nut and disk string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Actual Weight: 8lbs, 1.4ozs
- Heavy Relic
- Nickel Hardware
- Right Hand
- Tele Tweed Case
- 2020 Mid-Year Ltd
- Color Black
- Body Ash
- 2 Pc
- Light Weight Sort
- Body Text Rout For Wide-Range Neck Hb
- Body Finish Nitro Lacquer
- Custom Neck
- Back Shape 11/56 Off Center V
- Fingerboard Radius 9.50" Radius
- Neck Blank Guitar Maple Roasted Qtr Sawn
- Neck Thickness At 1St Fret .915"
- Neck Thickness At 12Th Fret .975"
- Side Dot Micarta Black 3/32"
- Face Dot Micarta Black .250
- Fret Wire Narrow Tall / 6105
- Nut Bone (Gtr & J-Bass)
- Neck Finish Dark Tint
- Neck Finish Nitro Lacquer
- Fingerboard None
- Bind Head Cap No
- Bind Fingerboard No
- Neck Text Dirty Neck
- Neck Heavy Fret Ghosting
- Custom Pickguard Standard
- Pickup Neck Position Pu Wide Range Hb Cunife Rel
- Pickup Bridge Position Hw 50-51 Blackguard Rel
- Bridge Assembly Bigsby B-5 Brg & Tailpiece Rel
- Output Assemblies Vint Tele
- Control Assembly Dual Stack Hs Tele Rel
- Tuner Key Vint W/Fender Logo Rel
- String Sets For Guitar 010-013-017-026-036-046
- Like Standard Neck Assembly 52 Tele Cc/Rel
- Hardware Bigsby B-5 Tailpiece And Brg
- Hardware All Philipps Head Screws
- Body Dirty Checking
- Back Plate & Trem Cover Gtr None
- Rear Control Cover None
- Neck Plate Gtr Engraved Ltd Ed Chr Rel
- Strap Locks No Strap Locks
- Control Knob(S) 52 Tele Knurled Chr Rel
- Decals Headcap For Gtr Vint Silver Fender Tele
- Neck Text Ltd Decal
- Standard Pickguard 51 Nocaster W/Cunife Rel
- Truss Rod 50'S
Custom Shop Limited Edition Series
Each Custom Shop Limited Edition instrument is only available for a short time, which makes it eminently collectible and adds to its investment value. Crafted with many features reserved only for certain artists and master-built instruments, they are just what the name says they are: highly anticipated limited-edition models that go very quickly.
