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Fender Custom Shop Alan Hamel Founders Design Sparkle Telecaster
$6,000.00
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The Alan Hamel Founders Design Sparkle Telecaster is inspired by the signature sparkle finishes that originally brought him into the Fender Custom Shop. “Everything about this guitar was ideas that I already had running around in my head,” he said. “I didn't need to really think about it too long, because I automatically knew what I wanted to do.”
In Alan’s true retro, neo-vintage style, all hardware on the alder and ash Telecaster is vintage-style chrome, except for the compensated brass bridge saddles. He also opted for his signature sparkle finish – black sparkle burst. Alan is most-excited about the pickups; the neck pickup is a variation of the Twisted Tele neck pickup, while the bridge pickup is a replica of an early model Broadcaster pickup with specifications coming from Alan’s research for the Blackguard book. By using a special five-way switch and wiring designed for this project, players will be able to pre-set a blend of both pickups, in addition to the standard Tele switching.
In Alan’s true retro, neo-vintage style, all hardware on the alder and ash Telecaster is vintage-style chrome, except for the compensated brass bridge saddles. He also opted for his signature sparkle finish – black sparkle burst. Alan is most-excited about the pickups; the neck pickup is a variation of the Twisted Tele neck pickup, while the bridge pickup is a replica of an early model Broadcaster pickup with specifications coming from Alan’s research for the Blackguard book. By using a special five-way switch and wiring designed for this project, players will be able to pre-set a blend of both pickups, in addition to the standard Tele switching.
- Series: Founders Design
- Color: Black Sparkle Burst
- Body Shape: Telecaster®
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body: Alder
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 10/56 "V" Back-Shape
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: 6105 Narrow Jumbo
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Neck Plate: Founders Design Signature neck plate
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer With Urethane Headcap
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Position Inlays: Black 5-Point Star
- Bridge Pickup: Alan Hamel Custom Hand-Wound Blackguard Tele Bridge
- Neck Pickup: Alan Hamel Custom Hand-Wound "Twisted" Tele
- Controls: Volume, Tone
- Pickup Switching: 5-Position Pickup Selector Switch with Custom Alan Hamel Tele Wiring with Trim Pot Adjustment for Neck and Bridge Pickup in Switch Positions 2 and 4
- Bridge: 3-Saddle, Strings-Through-Body Tele with Compensated Brass Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh® Vintage Style
- Pickguard: Clear Plexiglas with Painted Black "Halo" Around the Pickup Route
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Included Accessories: Engraved Bridge Cover, G&G Founders Design Signature Embroidered Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity, Founders Design Booklet.
