Description
1963 Fender Limited Edition Cunife Tele Custom Relic,
Rosewood Fingerboard,
Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Colour Sunburst
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Est 1985
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Custom Ordered with a ’57 Soft V neck shape – New sku 9236910033
Description
Developed by Seth Lover, who joined Fender in 1971, the “cunife” pickup features a two-coil humbucking design that uses 12 cunife screws connected on the bottom by a steel plate. Cunife is an alloy named for its three constituent metals—copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe)—and in instrument pickups it produces a distinctive “hi fidelity” sound with rich bass and clear treble, and they never lose their attack or definition when pushed. We used samples of the original magnets to develop these pickups over a two-year period, and we’ve brought the material back exactly as it was 40 years ago. For this very special Limited Edition Cunife Tele Custom Relic, we took elements of the classic double-bound Telecaster Custom and added custom features including the classic cunife wide-range humbucker paired with a hand-wound Texas Special.
The two-piece select alder body wears a Relic lacquer finish. The tinted quartersawn maple neck features a ’60-style oval-“C” back-shape and a flat-lam rosewood fingerboard with a 9.5” radius and 21 narrow tall frets. Hand-wound Texas Special (bridge) and wide-range cunife (neck) pickups feature three-way switching and Dual-Stack HS Tele wiring. Additional features include a three-ply mint green pickguard, ’58-’63 Tele bridge with RSD saddles for perfect intonation, vintage-style tuners, bone nut and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
- GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 9231012533 SERIES Limited Edition COLOR Faded Aged Chocolate 3-Color Sunburst ORIENTATION Right-Hand
- BODY
BODY FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer BODY SHAPE Telecaster® BODY MATERIAL 2-Piece Select Alder NECK MATERIAL Quartersawn Maple NECK FINISH Nitrocellulose Lacquer NECK SHAPE 60s Oval “C” (Ordered with ’57 Soft V neck shape change) FINGERBOARD RADIUS 9.5″ (241 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL AAA Rosewood NUMBER OF FRETS 21 FRET SIZE Narrow Tall NUT WIDTH 1.650″ (42 mm) POSITION INLAYS Micarta White Dot TRUSS ROD NUT Vintage-Style Slotted NECK PLATE 4-Bolt “Limited Edition” Engraved BRIDGE ’58-’63 Tele® Bridge with Brass RSD Saddles TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style with Fender Logo PICKGUARD 3-Ply Mint Green CONTROL KNOBS Knurled Chrome BRIDGE PICKUP Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special™ Single-Coil Tele® NECK PICKUP Wide-Range CuNiFe Humbucking CONTROLS Volume, Tone SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge, Middle and And Neck Pickup, Position 3. Neck Pickup CONFIGURATION SH