Fender Custom Shop Limited '51 Telecaster HS Blackguard Relic w/ Humbucker, Faded Butterscotch

Fender's Custom Shop Limited '51 Telecaster HS offers a bevy of vintage-centric features and an expanded tonal palette, with a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover SH-55 PAF-style humbucker paired with a traditional Handwound Blackguard Tele bridge pickup. With Dual Stack HS wiring (500k/250k), each pickup performs at its best, offering authoritative, chewy Tele twang and spongy, harmonic-rich PAF growl.

Featherweight at 6lbs 14oz, the body features a two-piece ash body and a rift-sawn soft V-shaped "boat neck" with a compound 7.25-9.5" radius fingerboard and Medium Vintage fretwire. The Faded Butterscotch Blonde Relic features tight "shattered glass" lacquer checking and prominent simulated wear.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple, rift-sawn
-Shape: 10/56 Soft V, measuring .940” 1st fret, .970” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Maple, 7.25-9.5" compound radius
-Frets: Medium Vintage 47095
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 1.650”, bone
-Tuners: Pure Vintage Fender Deluxe single-line
-Serialization: Bridge base, Limited Edition neck plate

Body Specs:

-Wood: 2pc ash, off-center seam
-Pickups: Seymour Duncan Seth Lover SH-55 4-conductor (N), Handwound Blackguard Tele (B)
-Harness: Dual Stack HS wiring
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Three-way pickup selector
-Hardware: “Pat. Pending” bridge with brass saddles, domed knurled knobs
-Plastics: One-ply black pickguard with vintage bevel, ‘50s-spec switch tip

The Fender Custom Shop G&G tweed case, COA, hangtags and case candy are included.