Fender Custom Shop LTD Cunife Tele Custom Heavy Relic, Aged Lake Placid Blue Over 3-Tone Sunburst Overview
The Fender Custom Shop LTD CuNiFe Tele Custom Heavy Relic in Aged Lake Placid Blue over 3-Tone Sunburst is a stunning example of Fender’s mastery of blending vintage aesthetics with modern playability. With its CuNiFe Wide Range Humbuckers and heavy relic treatment, this Telecaster captures the spirit of the original '60s Custom Telecasters, while offering the unique tonal versatility that only the CuNiFe pickups can provide.
Specifications:
Body:
- Body Wood: Roasted Alder
- Body Style: '60s Tele Custom
- Top: Yes (Sorted for lightweight)
- Pickup Routing: Wide Range Humbucker (CuNiFe) at neck, '51 Nocaster single-coil at bridge
- Binding: .060 Parchment
- Contours: Standard Telecaster contours
- Edge Radius: Standard Tele edge radius
- Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer, heavy relic
- Color: Aged Lake Placid Blue over 3-Tone Sunburst
Neck:
- Neck Wood: Roasted Quarter-Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: Large '60s “C”
- Neck Finish: Light-tinted nitrocellulose lacquer, relic
- Fingerboard: AAA Rosewood, 9mm thickness, sorted for dark grain
- Fretboard Radius: 9.5" compound radius
- Frets: 21, Narrow Tall (6105)
- Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650"
- Neck Profile:
- 1st Fret: .850"
- 12th Fret: .990"
- Inlays: Vintage Clay face dots and side dots
- Truss Rod: Early '60s style
- Headstock: Standard Tele with a “Flat Lam” Rosewood headstock veneer
- Tuners: Vintage-style with Fender logo, relic
- Neck Plate: Engraved Limited Edition, relic
Hardware:
- Bridge: Vintage Tele with three compensated brass saddles
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-style (no strap locks)
- Pickguard: Custom '60 Tele-style with black/white/black layers
- Saddles: Brass barrel saddles
- Plating: Nickel, heavy relic
- Strings: .010-.046
Electronics:
- Neck Pickup: CuNiFe Wide Range Humbucker, relic
- Bridge Pickup: '51 Nocaster single-coil, relic
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone (Knurled Chrome knobs, relic)
- Switch: 3-way top hat switch, relic
- Pots: CTS with audio taper and paper-in-oil capacitors
