Fender custom shop 1972 Telecaster custom demo

Made as a limited edition in 2020, this oddball guitar features what appears to be a set of 1970's Tele Custom attributes.

Look closer however and there is no bullet truss rod. Turning it over and you will find a 4 bolt limited edition neck plate plus a very flamey neck too.

So, this is ostensibly a re-issue of the first year release of the Gibson beating revamped Telecaster. It was shortly followed by its sister model, the Deluxe which featured 2 wide range CuNiFe pickups.
This was the first time Fender actually made the proper wide range pickup with the unique magnetic material which I believe is an alloy of Copper, Nickel and Iron (Cu/Ni/Fe) and it sounds incredible!

Unlike the often done drop in PAF style humbucker which always is hard to balance, the lower output wide range humbucker slots in well with the traditional Tele bridge. It's not as dark.

The guitar also has 3 brass saddles unlike the 6 of the original and reading the spec, the body is modelled after a '67 with a C oval neck measuring 0.850" to 0.920" at the heel. Not too thin but not like a 60's style to my hand really either.

I like the Gibson control layout a lot and It's a light guitar! 2 piece ash but it's really light and resonant.

I'm playing it into the plexi channel of my Friedman JEL-20 with a Strymon Flint on spring in the loop.
That's going into an EVM 12L loaded Zill Fatbaby cab and miced up with a Rode NT1-A and SM57 off axis by the dustcap. I record into a Presonus Studio 68C and Studio One.

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