Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom '68 Telecaster NOS, Pink Paisley MN

The Summer of Love and Flower Power movement of 1967 influenced mainstream fashion worldwide, and Fender joined in with the new Blue Flower and Paisley Telecasters. Oddly enough, the guitars became more popular with rockabilly and country western players (they were used most often by Tele master James Burton) rather than the flower children who helped inspire them. These guitars have earned a special place in Fender history, and the Fender Custom Shop Paisley Tele is a faithful recreation of these original instruments.

The two-piece select alder body wears an NOS lacquer finish with WLS undercoat over the famous Pink Paisley. This particular guitar has a rather dark pink, almost light red wide burst. Very nice!

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The rift-sawn maple neck has a '60s-style "oval C" profile, topped with a round-lam rift-sawn maple fingerboard with 7.25"-9.5" vintage compound radius and 21 medium vintage frets for a comfortable feel up and down. Hand-wound '67 Tele pickups meet the exact specifications for that year, with a three-way switch and modern Tele wiring. Other features include an eight-hole clear polyurethane pickguard, '67 Tele bridge with threaded steel saddles, Schaller "F" tuners, bone nut and wing string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Features:

• Body Shape: Telecaster
• Body material: 2-Piece Select Alder
• Body finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer (NOS)
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
• Color: Pink Paisley
• Neck material: Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck shape: '60s Oval "C"
• Neck joint: Bolt-on
• Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" compound radius
• Inlay fretboard: Black Micarta Dot - 7 mm
• Fretboard: Round-laminated Rift Sawn Maple
• Number of frets: 21, Medium Vintage
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Width nut: 1.650" (42mm)
• Material of nut: Bone
• Bridge: 3-Saddle '67 Telecaster with threaded steel saddles
• Tuners: Schaller "F"
• Pickups: Custom Shop hand-wound '67 Single-Coil Tele
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Switching: 3-Position Blade
• Strings: Nickel-plated steel, .010-.046
• Case: Hardshell Custom Shop case
• Weight: tba
• Model: 9231012929