A Fender that honors tradition with vintage-style appointments and a 2-piece select ash body.
The Fender Custom Shop 1964 Telecaster Relic arrives nearly 60 years after its original ancestor and is loaded with classic mid-’60s appointments for looks, sound and vibe that expertly evoke the Telecaster during one of music’s most monumental years.
Its two-piece body is fashioned from select alder— one of Fender’s most popular tonewoods—for well-balanced sound and wears a Relic lacquer finish. The finish checking covers the body to every last ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock. This treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.
The quartersawn maple neck has a ’60s-style Oval “C” profile that’s thinner towards the nut and gradually thickens toward the 12th fret for comfortable, full feel. It’s topped with a 9.5"-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Both hand-wound Texas Special Telecaster pickups deliver hot tone with focused midrange bite, with three-way switching and modern Telecaster wiring. Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, ’64-’66 Telecaster bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style “F” tuners, and wing string tree.
Deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity are included.
Its two-piece body is fashioned from select alder— one of Fender’s most popular tonewoods—for well-balanced sound and wears a Relic lacquer finish. The finish checking covers the body to every last ding, dent and scar from bridge to headstock. This treatment imparts authentically worn-in look and feel and tells a story of a guitar that has experienced many years of regular use in clubs and bars.
The quartersawn maple neck has a ’60s-style Oval “C” profile that’s thinner towards the nut and gradually thickens toward the 12th fret for comfortable, full feel. It’s topped with a 9.5"-radius round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 narrow tall (6105) frets and a bone nut. Both hand-wound Texas Special Telecaster pickups deliver hot tone with focused midrange bite, with three-way switching and modern Telecaster wiring. Other premium features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, ’64-’66 Telecaster bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style “F” tuners, and wing string tree.
Deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity are included.
Specifications
- Body
- Body wood: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Body finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck
- Neck shape: Oval C
- Neck wood: Quartersawn Maple
- Scale length: 25.5"
- Truss rod: Vintage
- Neck finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard
- Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Radius: 9.5"
- Fret size: Narrow Tall
- Number of frets: 21
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot
- Nut width/material: 1.650" (42 mm)/Bone
- Electronics
- Configuration: SS
- Neck: Custom Shop
- Bridge: Custom Shop
- Control layout: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup switch: 3-way
- Special electronics:
- Hardware
- Bridge design: Barrel saddle
- Tailpiece: String thru body
- Tuning machines: Vintage-style
- Color: Nickel/Chrome
- Other
- Number of strings: 6-string
- Case: Hardshell Case
- Orientation: Right Handed
Features
- 2-piece select ash body
- Quartersawn maple neck with 60s-style Oval “C” profile, round-laminated rosewood fingerboard
- Vintage-style tuners with Fender logo, 3-saddle vintage-style strings-through-body Tele bridge with threaded steel barrel saddles
- Custom Shop hand-wound Texas Special single-coil Tele pickups (neck and bridge), 3-way switch
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