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Fender Custom Shop Adds New Models to 2012 Limited Collection

The models include a 1963 Heavy Relic Stratocaster, 1969 Relic Stratocaster, 1959 Heavy Relic Telecaster, and additions to the Cabronita family.


Scottsdale, AZ (July 18, 2012) – The Fender Custom Shop is proud to introduce five striking models to its 2012 limited collection; four guitars and one bass. The new additions join 10 previously released models, making for an impressive family built for the most discerning musicians.

New to the collection is the 1963 Heavy Relic Stratocaster, which offers upgraded features and a serious relic treatment. Available in Black, it has a carefully selected alder body, mid-’60s oval “C”-shaped maple neck, 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with medium jumbo frets, Texas Special pickups (neck, middle), Duncan JB Model SH-4 pickup (bridge), five-way switching and a push-pull volume pot that splits the bridge pickup.

The 1969 Relic Stratocaster has the Custom Shop’s most requested features, including a hand-selected alder body, reverse-headstock maple neck with 1969 “U”-shaped profile, 9.5”-radius round-lam maple fingerboard with medium jumbo frets, ’69-style Stratocaster pickups hand-wound by Abigail Ybarra, five-way pickup switching and modern wiring.

A workhorse tone-machine, the 1959 Heavy Relic Telecaster offers the kind of premium features usually reserved for master-built models. Available in Celadon Green, it features a Twisted Tele neck pickup and Nocaster bridge pickup—a blistering combination further intensified by a four-way pickup selector switch. Other features include a hand-selected alder body, maple neck with ’57 soft “V”-shaped profile, medium jumbo frets, and custom wiring.

The latest additions to the growing Cabronita family are the Relic La Cabronita “Boracha” Jazzmaster and Relic La Cabronita “Boracho” Bass. Released in 2011 with a single pickup, the Cabronita Jazzmaster is now upgraded with monster-sounding dual TV Jones Power’Tron pickups. Other features include a hand-selected lightweight ash body, one-piece maple neck with large “C”-shaped profile, and custom S-1 switching. The “Boracho” bass sports a reverse lightweight ash Jazzmaster body, one-piece maple neck with “U”-shaped profile, bold-sounding TV Jones Thunder’Blade™ pickup, and custom Greasebucket tone circuit. Both models are available in Black.

All models include case, limited edition neck plate, Fender Custom Shop decal and certificate of authenticity.

For more information:
www.fendercustomshop.com


     

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Scott Perry
on 07/22/2012 		I own a La Cabronita, from the limited Telebtation series, and I love this guitar. I play through Dr. Z amps, and they have a great "Nasty" Tone about them. If you can find one, go for it!
Naturalist
on 07/20/2012 		I would not waste my money on a relic. I consider them trash. whoever came up with the idea has "S" for brains. I would purchase a NOS though.
blaine
on 07/19/2012 		Relics are great and I own three of them - since I'm old I can't wait 33 years like Brent. They are works of art and also very utilitarian - I don't worry about them I just play them - and they sound incredible. Nothing comes close - they are worth every penny. Guitars are just to be played - and cool it with the dissin' fender makes great products at all levels - there's something for everybody and it beats the heck out of the japense Woolworth guitar I bought when I was 14 yrs old.
JACK G
on 07/19/2012 		The Relic "concept" is actually kind of cool in my opinion, but it is certainly a trend that has been overblown and poorly executed by many. To see some really egregious examples go to always excellent Guitarz blog and put "when relics go bad" in their search engine. I currently own about 15 guitars, some of my guitars are vintage and have the marks and scars to prove it but only one of which is a "relic", a Fender Custom Shop Nocaster, which is an AMAZING guitar. Now, I live in LA, so I can (and do) go down to Hollywood Guitar Center and if I ask real nice, I can actually play an $80,000 vintage Nocaster, which I have done and it's as hoot, but unless I win the lottery I am NEVER going to get to own one and play it whenever I want, like I can with my relic Nocaster. If I was blindfolded and was able to do a comparison, I might be able to tell the difference, but perhaps not. Which brings me to another point, while I believe Fender Custom Shop guitars are for the most part ridiculously overpriced (to my mind Ridiculously Overpriced begins at $3000+), they are NOT BY ANY MEANS, beat to crap, played out and spent, instruments (like a lot of real vintage instruments are), in fact they are quite the opposite. People who haven't actually played them are entitled to their aesthetic opinions but Fender relics, at least, are very very very good instruments. Now, a word about Fano and his ilk: I personally think Fano's mix and match pastiche of classic guitar design is pretty cool and undeniably a Post-Modern sensibility, apparently so does Fender since they have incorporated his ideas in their Pawn Shop series guitars. He also happens to make a Rickenbacker Combo 800 style guitar which no one, including Rickenbacker (well actually there is a super expensive German Luthier who makes a similar guitar which can be looked up on Vintage and Rare's website) has made since the late 50s. All of the Fano guitars that I have played are extremely well ma
somebody
on 07/19/2012 		Wow. I always wanted a guitar with side grinder tracks all over it.
bobblahblah
on 07/19/2012 		So.... are there special machines that do this... or is some guy actually paid to beat up perfectly good guitars?? Guy1: So what do you do for a living? Guy2: I scrape up, bang up and drill holes into brand new guitars Guy1: WHY??? Guy2: Because people will pay for it.
Brent Sterling
on 07/19/2012 		I purchased a new Telecaster in 1978. I relic-ed it myself. Took 33 years.
Voice of Reason
on 07/19/2012 		Relic guitars = Acid washed jeans with pre-made holes.
I have seen some relics that look pretty cool, but the majority look like potentially beautiful custom shop pieces ruined by a ridiculous fascination with making things appear vintage. I can't tell you how many times I have seen a guitar with a great feature set and color combination that I would consider purchasing, only to find out on closer inspection that some retard has scraped the paint off of or put dents in the body. C'mon Fender, you have some of the most talented builders in the business. Quit letting them get away with slop by disguising the flaws as "relics".
lee
on 07/19/2012 		relics suck. get some craftsmanship back and give great finishes, get the young yo yo's out of the custom shop and get some craftsman back in there. I am not paying those prices for an axe that looks like someone puked on it. Get off your lazy butt Fender and get to work.
Jimmy C
on 07/19/2012 		YAY!!!!! PRE-RUINED GUITARS FOR FASHION VICTIMS!!! This is the dumbest trend I have seen in all my decades and decades of guitar love. I picture only inept suburban tyros with too much cash and too little taste buying these....



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