Fender Custom Shop 1968 Telecaster Thinline Bigsby Journeyman Relic Aged Natural (919)

1968 saw the debut of the Telecaster Thinline—designed as a lighter new version of the Telecaster due to a shortage of lightweight ash bodywood. The guitar had hollow “wings” on either side of the body, with an f-hole on the bass side for a brilliant new look and warmly resonant tone. The ’68 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic captures that year’s model in all its brilliance, with a few custom modifications including a Bigsby® B5 bridge and tailpiece for added vibrato. A semi-hollow Thinline mahogany or ash body wears a perfectly worn-in Journeyman Relic lacquer finish. The rift-sawn maple neck features a ’60s-style “oval C” profile, 9.5”-radius rift-sawn maple fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.

Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups provide extra-hot output for beautiful resonance and are hooked up to modern Telecaster wiring and three-way switch. Other features include a three-ply white pearl pickguard, Schaller® “F” tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Body: 1-Piece Vintage Michigan Mahogany
Body Finish: Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster
Body Material: 1-Piece Vintage Michigan Mahogany
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1960 Oval "C"
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rift Sawn Maple
Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot
Side Dots: Black Dot
Number of Frets: 21
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge: Bigsby B5 Bridge and Tailpiece
Pickguard: 3-Ply White Pearl
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
Pickup Configuration: SS
Controls: Volume, Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup