Description
New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Artisan Korina Tele, which features a beautifully crafted thinline body fashioned from select korina. This light and fine-grained west African mahogany has exquisite looks and tonal qualities similar to western mahogany varieties, delivering warm, bass-friendly tone and sweetly responsive midrange. These qualities in turn complement the open, resonant tone of the two-piece semi-hollow body, which features a single f-hole and a sumptuous Aged Natural NOS lacquer finish.
Its quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable ’60-style Oval “C” profile and is roasted for even more beauty and stability, topped by a compound-radius (9.5″-12″) round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut. The Custom Shop hand-wound ’50/’51 Blackguard bridge pickup is a faithful recreation of the earliest Blackguard Telecaster®pickup, with extra-large alnico 3 magnets wrapped with thinner wire to produce that sweet early-’50s Tele tone – perfectly balanced with versatility of the Custom Shop P90 neck pickup.
Other premium features include “Dual-Stack” HS Tele wiring, three-way pickup switch, single-ply brown shell pickguard, ’58-’63 Tele bridge with Custom Shop RSD (Research Special Design) compensated brass saddles, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Body: Korina
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer with WLS Undercoat
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Body Material: Korina
Headstock: Stratocaster® Small
Neck Material: Roasted Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: ’60s Oval “C”
Neck Thickness: .790″
Neck Butt Width: 2.200″
Neck Thickness 12th Fret: .930″
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ to 12″ Compound Radius
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
Side Dots: Vintage Clay
Number of Frets: 21
Truss Rod: Early ’60s
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge: ’58-’63 Tele® Bridge with Brass RSD Saddles
Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Switch Tip: Barrel Style, Black
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo, Tortoiseshell Buttons
String Trees: Single-Wing
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop “V” Logo
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound ’50-’51 Blackguard
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop P90
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
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