The new Fender Select Carved Blackwood Top Telecaster SH is powerful, beautiful and light, with a chambered alder body, gorgeous carved Tasmanian blackwood top and hand-stained natural finish with gloss lacquer topcoat. Its modern “C”-shaped flame maple neck has a satin lacquer finish and Bi-Flex truss rod system; the compound radius rosewood fingerboard (9.5″-14″) has 22 medium jumbo frets…
Other premium features include a new Wide Range Special humbucking neck pickup and Fender Select Telecaster single-coil bridge pickup with three-way switching & an American Standard Telecaster bridge.
The highly acclaimed Fender Select series introduces an all-new lineup for 2013. These finely crafted guitars and basses put decades of Fender expertise on display, with elegant features and design options for discerning musicians everywhere.
Fender Select Carved Blackwood Top Telecaster SH features:
- Body: chambered Alder with carved Tasmanian blackwood top
- Neck Material: Flame Maple
- Neck Shape: Modern “C”
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″-14″ Compound Radius (24.1 cm-35.56 cm)
- Nut Width: 1.685″ (42.8 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.8 cm)
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
- Truss Rods: Bi-Flex
- Pickup Configuration: H/S
- Bridge Pickup: Fender® Select Telecaster Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Wide Range Special Humbucking
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Bridge: American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Tuning Machines: Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Locking
- Colors: Black Cherry Burst
I own one – it is just masterpiece. How many of them Fender had manufactured within the 3 months of production? Anybody knows?