Fender Custom Shop '51 Reissue Telecaster Relic, Aged Nocaster Blonde

The Fender Telecaster was born in the fall of 1951, inspired by new technology sweeping the nation known as television. "Telecasts" were the wave of the future and Leo Fender’s Telecaster was on the forefront of guitar innovation. It remains to this day one of the most iconic instruments in all of popular music, and for 2021, the Fender Custom Shop created on homage to that original instrument. The Limited-Edition 1951 Telecaster Relic features a two-piece select ash body, a flame quartersawn maple neck with a “V” profile and a vintage compound-radius fretboard with 21 narrow tall frets for a comfortable feel and smooth playability. Hand-wound ’50–’51 Blackguard pickups are connected to ’51 modified “Nocaster” wiring along with a black phenolic pickguard, a ’51–’54 Tele bridge with brass saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, a bone nut and disk string tree. A deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity are also included.

SPECIFICATIONS

Body

• Body Material: Ash
• Body Finish: Lacquer
• Body Finish Color Option: Aged
• Finish Type: Heavy Relic
• Top Color: Aged Nocaster Blonde

Neck

• Neck Material: Flame AA Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Finish: 51 Nocaster CC/Rel Medium Tint NCL
• Fretboard Wood: Relic Maple
• Truss Rod: 50s
• Number of Frets: 21
• Neck Mounting Holes: 4 Bolt
• Fretwire: Medium Jumbo/6150
• Facedots: Micarta Black .250
• Fretboard Radius: 7.25-9.50 Compound Radius
• Nut Width: 1.650"
• Neck Shape: 10/56 "V"
• Nut Material: Bone
• Side Dots: Micarta Black 3/32"

Hardware

• Hardware Plating: Chrome/Nickel
• Bridge: Tele 51-54 WO PU Rel
• Output: Vint Tele
• Neck Plate: V Logo SN Rel
• Strings: 10-46
• String Tree: Vint Disk 50-55 Rel
• Pickguard: 51 Nocaster Rel
• Switch Tip: Am Vint Tele Rel
• Volume Knob: Knob Nocaster Chrome Rel

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Handwired 50-51 Blackguard Rel
• Neck Pickup: Handwired 50-51 Blackguard Nk Rel
• Controls: 51 Mod Nocaster Rel