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Fender Custom Shop 1963 Time Machine Telecaster Relic - Lake Placid Blue

Estimated price for orientation: 2 750 $

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Description
Brand: Fender Body Color: Lake Placid Blue
Body Type: Solid Body Material: Solid Wood
MPN: Does Not Apply Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Model: Telecaster Custom Shop Country of Manufacture: USA
String Configuration: 6 String Series: Custom Shop
Dexterity: Right-Handed


For sale is this 1999 Fender 1963 Telecaster Relic in Lake Placid Blue. This tele was part of Fender Custom Shop’s Time Machine Series that was overseen by Mike Eldred, and has his signature on the COA. The guitar was received as a dealer trade from Mike’s Music in Cincinnati, and was said to be NOS (new old stock). It is all-original, in excellent+ condition, and comes with Custom Shop case, ash tray bridge cover and COA.  Here are the specs from Fender:  R5204 Manufactured 07/1999 Model Name: ‘63 Telecaster® Relic®  Model Number: 015-1200-(Color #) Series: Time MachineTM  Body: Select Alder Neck: Maple, “C” Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard: Round Laminate Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm) No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm) Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42 mm) Hardware: Nickel/Chrome Machine Heads: Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Machine Heads Bridge: Original Vintage Style Tele Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Saddles and “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green Pickups: 2 Vintage ‘63 Tele® Single-Coil Pickups,  (Custom Vintage Wiring Circuit) Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Neck Pickup with Tone Control (Bright Vintage Circuit)  Position 3. Neck Pickup with No Tone Control (Dark Vintage Circuit) Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone Color: (802) Lake Placid Blue, Disc. 12/2008, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Other Features: “C” Shape Maple Neck, “Top Hat” Switch Tip, Round Laminate Rosewood Fretboard, Shows natural wear and tear of years of heavy use, nicks, scratches, worn finish rusty hardware and aged plastic parts. Source: U.S. Fender Custom Shop Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case (Orange Interior), Strap, Cable U.S. MSRP: $3,500.00 INTRODUCED: 1/1999 DISCONTINUED: 1/2010