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Fender Custom Shop Austin MacNutt Masterbuilt '50s Telecaster Relic in Black over Butterscotch Blonde
Weight 7.3lbs
Built by Fender Master Builder Austin MacNutt
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Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
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If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: 9215700020_R128832
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Product Description
Andertons is pleased to offer this exceptional Fender Custom Shop, Austin MacNutt Masterbuilt ‘50s Tele! Built to replicate a true workhorse electric guitar that’s been someone’s go-to since they brought it new in the early 1950’s. Austin likes to envision the fictional backstory of every relic job he reproduces and in this situation, he imagined that early on this guitars history, black nitro was sprayed over this Teles original Butterscotch Blonde finish for a more subtle appearance.
Weighing only 7.3lbs this Tele is feather light and is incredibly resonant. Staying true to the originals, it’s built using lightweight Ash and Maple and features a very comfortable 10/56 V shape neck profile with a 9.5” fingerboard radius for effortless bending. It’s hand-wound 55/56 Telecaster pickups provide the quintessential Tele neck and bridge sounds and its modern wiring (no dark circuit!) ensures that finding your perfect sound on this versatile electric guitar is as easy as it could be. Beautifully presented in its brown Custom Shop case, this is a Tele that you won’t want to be without!
Key Features
- Masterbuilt - There is something indescribably special about a guitar that’s built by one person. The neck is specifically built for that specific body and the pickups wound with that guitar in mind.
- Relic Nitro - Expertly aged in a genuinely authentic and tasteful way, this '50s Tele looks like it's been someone's favourite guitar for over 50 years.
- 10/56 V -Fender’s 10/56 neck profile starts off as a Soft V profile towards the nut then rounds out to a C profile as you go up the neck. It’s the perfect profile for those who play rhythm and lead!
- Quarter Sawn Maple - Straight-grained and around 50% more stable than a traditional plain-sawn neck.
Original Woods
Fender's original wood combination of an Ash body partnered up with a Maple neck. The Ash provides a sweet and resonant well-balanced guitar tone which is brilliantly complimented by the brightness and responsiveness of the maple neck.
‘55/’56 Telecaster Pickups
The Fender Custom Shop ‘55/’56 Telecaster pickups provide the ultimate ‘50s Tele tone encapsulating the best flavours from both early and later ‘50s pickup sets. These authentic reproductions are constructed using all the desirable ingredients… unbevelled Alnico 5 magnets in the bridge position and Alnico II in the neck, both wound on period-correct fibre bobbins wrapped using Enamel-coated magnet wire, a vintage-accurate stagger and wired using cloth wire! They provide the quintessential Tele twang with a sweet musical neck position. Overall these pickups have crystal clear highs and an articulate low end. These low/medium output pickups ring like a bell and respond well to dynamic playing.
Austin MacNutt
From local guitar repair guy to student then teacher, followed by boutique builder and now finally Fender Masterbuilder, Austin MacNutt has pretty much ticked every possible box a guitar luthier can tick. He grew up in a musical family and had the opportunity early on to begin experimenting with guitar maintenance as part of his own journey for the best playing and sounding guitar. Reputation grew and he soon became the go-to guy in his local Canadian town. He eventually found himself studying and honing his craft at the renowned Guitar Craft Academy in Hollywood where he impressed so much that he was immediately asked to return as a teacher. During this time he met Ron Thorn who quickly snapped Austin up as a builder at his own boutique guitar company. After 11 years of working with Ron and gaining a highly respected reputation, Ron was asked to join the Fender ranks as a Masterbuilder. He has a passion and drive for electric guitars and building and has a unique mindset of crafting guitars with their journey and purpose in mind.
Specifications
Body
- Body: Ash
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Relic
- Colour: Black
- Bottom Colour: Butterscotch Blonde
Neck
- Neck Finish: Medium Tinted Nitrocellulose
- Neck Material: Maple Quartersawn
- Frets: Narrow Tall
- Facedots: Micarta Black
- Frets: 21
- Radius: 9.50"
- Neck Shape: 10/56 V
Hardware
- Hardware: Chrome
- Tuners: Vintage with Fender Logo Relic
- Bridge: Nocaster Relic
- Pickguard: '52 Parchment Relic
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Handwound 55/56 Tele Neck Relic
- Bridge Pickup: Handwound 55/56 Tele Neck Relic
- Control: Modern Tele Relic
Miscellaneous
- Case: Fender Custom Shop Tweed Case