Here’s a Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 53 Tele, in a Time Capsule finish, in the iconic Nocaster Blonde. Great guitar.
Fender sez: “Preserving the iconic appointments of the sought after early Telecaster® guitars, this 1953 model features a two-piece select ash body (with offset seam), a quarter sawn flame maple neck with ’54-style “U” back-shape and vintage compound 7.25” to 9.5” fingerboard radius. Equipped with Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele (neck) and Original Blackguard (bridge) pickups, this guitar has all the clarity and twang you would expect from an early-‘50s Tele.. Other premium features include narrow tall (6105) frets, Fat ’50s Tele® wiring, 3-way switch, single-ply black phenolic pickguard, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.”
Condition: New; Body: Ash; Neck: Quartersawn flame maple, 54 U profile (.940-.970), 7.25-9.5 compound radius; Nut: 1.650; Color: Nocaster Blonde; Pickups: handwound Twisted Tele (neck) and Original Blackguard (bridge); Scale: 25.5; Orientation: Lefthanded (of course)