The Fender Custom Shop Artisan collection offers guitars featuring the finest hand-selected woods with custom components and expert craftsmanship, resulting in a truly fascinating Fender Custom Shop creation.
Of the entire Artisan collection, however, this Korina Tele is the subtle one; no flashy exotic woods are used on this one but plain yet luxurious Artisan features . The basis of this model is the thinline body made of selected korina. This light and fine-grained West African mahogany looks nice and has sound qualities comparable to Western mahogany variants. Perhaps mostly famed for being used on old-school Les Paul Juniors, the wood delivers a warm, bass-friendly tone and a sweet, 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 Natural NOS lacquer finish. No artificial aging to be found on this Custom Shop!
The quarter-sawn maple neck has a comfortable '60-style Oval "C" profile and is "roasted" for even more sustain and stability, topped with a compound-radius (9.5"-12") round-laminated 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 early 50's Blackguard Telecaster pickup, with extra-large alnico 3 magnets wrapped with thinner wire to produce that sweet retro Tele tone - perfectly balanced with the versatility and musicality 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.
- Model name: Artisan Korina Telecaster®, Rosewood fingerboard, Natural Antique-look
- Model Number: 9236081276
- Series: Artisan
- Color: Agen Natural
- Body shape: Telecaster®
- Body material: Corina
- Body finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer with WLS undercoat
- Neck material: Roasted quarter sawn maple
- Neck shape: '60s Oval "C"
- Scale length: 64.77 cm
- Radius fingerboard: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius
- Number of frets: 21
- Fret size: Jumbo (6100)
- Nut: Bone
- Width nut: 42 mm
- Headstock: Stratocaster® Small
- Neck plate: 4-bolt with Custom Shop "V" logo
- Neck finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
- Keyboard: Rosewood, round laminated
- Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop P90
- Controls: Volume, Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge pickup, Position 2. Bridge and neck pickups, Position 3. Neck
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Bridge: '58-'63 Tele® bridge with brass RSD saddles
- Tuning machines: Vintage style with Fender® logo, tortoise knobs
- Orientation: Right Handed
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 4-ply tortoise shell
- Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
- Switch Knob: Barrel Style, Black
- Strings: nickel plated steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Included accessories: Deluxe case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
