Fender Select Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar, Maple Fingerboard (with Case)

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With a birdseye maple neck and a beautiful hand-stained flame maple top on its semi-hollow thinline ash body, the Fender Telecaster has never looked so good.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Semi-hollow ash body with flamed maple top Snappy, bright tone; classic Tele twang
Hand-stained, gloss lacquer top coat Artisan quality wood finishes, premium aesthetics
C-shaped neck profile Comfortable, rounded oval shape
Birdseye maple fretboard Beautiful grain; delivers clear and bright tone

The highly acclaimed Fender Select series introduces its 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. Experience figured tops, beautiful finishes, choice tonewoods, figured and quarter-sawn maple necks with compound-radius fingerboards, an innovative "inlaid" fingerboard design on two of the models, specially voiced pickups, and several first-rate features that mark Fender's top-line as remarkable instruments.

The Fender Select Telecaster Thinline presents a finely crafted take on the popular semi-hollow version of Fender's very first guitar model. Stylish and light, it has a semi-hollow ash body with a beautiful flame maple top, and hand-stained Violin Burst finish with gloss-lacquer topcoat. Its modern "C"-shaped birdseye maple neck has a satin lacquer finish and Bi-Flex truss rod system. The compound radius birdseye maple fingerboard (9.5 - 14") has 22 medium jumbo frets and a gloss-lacquer finish.

Other premium features include Fender Select Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-way switching, heavy-knurled chrome control knobs, four-ply aged white pearloid pickguard, American Standard Telecaster bridge with bent steel saddles and stamped brass plate, deluxe staggered locking tuners, chrome or gold hardware, and Fender Select headstock medallion.

- Body Material: Semi-Hollow Ash with Flame Maple Top
- Body Finish: Hand-Stained with Gloss-Lacquer Topcoat
- Neck: Birdseye Maple, Modern "C"-Shape
- Neck Finish: Satin-Lacquer Back, Gloss-Lacquer Front
- Fingerboard: Birdseye Maple, 9.5-14" (24.1 cm-35.56 cm) Compound Radius
- Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
- Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Truss Rod: Bi-Flex
- Pickups: Fender Select Telecaster Single-Coil (Bridge and Neck)
- Pickup Configuration: S/S
- Pickup Switching: Three-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup; Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups; Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Tuning Machines: Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Locking
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Heavy Knurled Chrome Flat-Top
- Bridge: American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate
- Pickguard: Four-Ply Aged White Pearloid
- Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Other Features: Fender Select Headstock Medallion, "Barrel" Switch Tip
- Case/Gig Bag: Fender Select Tweed Case
- Series: Fender Select

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (3 ratings)
Submitted July 24, 2014 by dakota b in everson, WA

"Incredible Tele!"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Purchased this a month ago and I have not stop playing it. One of the sweetest tele sounds, right up there with the Custom Shop stuff. Build quality and quality control is amazing. Fender really out did themselves on this Select series!
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