Two years after its 1951 debut, the Telecaster was an established success, prized for its sound and style and well on its way to stage and studio indispensability. Further, 1953 marked its final year as Fender's sole solid-body electric Spanish guitar model.

The Custom Shop pays homage to Fender's early-'50s workhorse guitar with the 1953 Heavy Relic Telecaster. Features include a lightweight ash body with a Nocaster® Blonde lacquer finish given a heavily worn "Heavy Relic" treatment, tinted one-piece maple neck with '57 soft V shape, maple fingerboard with 9.5" radius and 6105 frets, vintage-design 1950s Telecaster pickups, three-way pickup switch with modern wiring, single-ply black Bakelite pickguard, vintage-style hardware, center pocket tweed case and certificate of authenticity.

MPN: 1505302899
UPC: 717669998080

• Body: Select Lightweight Ash
  
• Body Shape: Telecaster®
  
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  
• Neck Shape: Mid '50s Soft "V" Shape
  
• Number of Frets: 21
  
• Fret Size: Dunlop® 6105 Narrow Jumbo
  
• Position Inlays: Black Dot Position Inlays
  
• Fretboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
  
• Neck Material: Maple
  
• Neck Finish: Tinted Lacquer Finish
  
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
  
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
  
• Pickup Configuration: S/S
  
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1.
• Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
  
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
  
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
  
• Bridge: Vintage style, 3-saddle bridge
  
• String Nut: Micarta
  
• Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
  
• Unique Features: Heavy Relic® Finish, Large 7mm Black Dot Position Inlays with Wide Spacing, Heavy Relic® Finish Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use, Nicks, Scratches, Worn Finish, Rusty Hardware and Aged Plastic Parts
  
• Case/Gig Bag: Center Pocket Tweed Hardshell Case (Red Interior)
  
• Included Accessories: Case, Cable, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity