Fender Custom Shop Artisan Korina Telecaster, Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Natural

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
• Included accessories: Deluxe case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
• Model: 9236081276