New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Limited Edition CuNiFe Tele® Custom Journeyman Relic®, with a two-piece select alder body with black binding and rope purfling for a stunning Tele® dressed to the nines. Three gorgeous Journeyman Relic® sparkle finishes and a pair of dynamic pickups (CuNiFe Wide Range Humbucker in the neck position and Custom Shop hand-wound Original Blackguard pickup in the bridge position) bring this model into the spotlight.
Other premium features include a quartersawn 2A flame maple neck with '60-style Oval "C" back-shape, matching painted headcap, flat-lam rosewood fingerboard, 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Dual Stack HS Tele wiring, 3-way switch, 3-ply parchment pickguard, Bigsby® B5 Vibrato tailpiece with RSD J-Bridge, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Headstock: Telecaster®
Neck Material: Quartersawn 2A Flame Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1960 Oval "C"
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 3A Rosewood
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot - 0.25"
Number of Frets: 21
Truss Rod: Early '60s
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge: RSD Jaguar®/Jazzmaster®
Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Switch Tip: Top Hat Style, White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
String Trees: American Vintage '56-'58
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Single-Coil Tele®
Neck Pickup: Wide-Range CuNiFe® Humbucking
Pickup Configuration: SS
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup