This Road Worn ’50s Telecaster comes in a CME exclusive Candy Apple Red finish!
Commemorating the debut of the iconic Telecaster, the Fender Road Worn ‘50s Telecaster is a near-exact replica of the instrument’s very first production models. Featuring a nitrocellulose lacquer Road Worn finish on a solid alder body, maple neck with 7.25”-radius maple fingerboard, and vintage-inspired hardware, this is the spitting image of a 1950s Tele. What’s more, Fender equips this one with dual Tex-Mex pickups that squeal and sing just like your favorite ‘50s hand-wound single coils without the massive price tag. That’s what Road Worn is all about.
About Fender Road Worn Series:
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender’s Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world’s first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world’s leading guitar manufacturer.
Those of us who love vintage understand the beauty of history and the instruments that bear theirs with pride. All the licks, lumps, and luster of time are boldly brandished as a catalog of a life hard-lived and shows hard-played. The Fender Road Worn Series honors these guitars with lovingly reliced models representing iconic decades in Fender’s history.
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Road Worn® Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Road Worn® Urethane
Neck Shape: “C” Shape
Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dots
Truss Rod: Standard
Bridge Pickup: Tex-Mex™ Single-Coil Tele®
Neck Pickup: Tex-Mex™ Single-Coil Tele®
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Configuration: SS
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Chrome Barrel Saddles
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
Switch Tip: Black
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Gig Bag