Fender Custom Shop

[herb]

For one, I've really been enjoying this new forum. The pictures of the guitars some of you guys own are awesome. Although I did have some vintage guitars forty years ago I don't now and could never justify the coinage it would take to retrieve the likes of them. Congratulations to you for your diligence.

I can afford a couple of newer guitars, though, and for the past 20 years or so have gone through some nice newer Strats and Teles. Seems like I would buy one, play it for a few years, see something I deemed a little better and traded, bought or sold to acquire that one.

Right now I'm sitting on these two. The sunburst is a '54 Masterbuilt Anniversary model built by Mark Kendrick. The other, a 1960 Reissue with the matching headstock. Funny, my current Tele is not a Fender but a Nash. I sold my two Custom Shop Teles after acquiring that one.

Let's see your newer Fender guitars!

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Funny, my current Tele is not a Fender but a Nash. I sold my two Custom Shop Teles after acquiring that one.

Gorgeous. Is that red or orange?

I, too, found the Nash Teles more to my liking.

My Nash is butterscotch with no headstock logo.

I keep meaning to get a Ron Kirn Tele...I find his Barnburner series strangely attractive...:hee

 

[herb]

Gorgeous. Is that red or orange?

I, too, found the Nash Teles more to my liking.

My Nash is butterscotch with no headstock logo.

I keep meaning to get a Ron Kirn Tele...I find his Barnburner series strangely attractive...:hee

Thanks. I think they call that one Salmon Pink. It's sort of a tomato soup color. I've grown fond of the color but love the way it sounds. It "out-Tele'd" my real Fender Teles. It has Lollar pickups and the off-set bridge pieces. Very light-weight, it has that spanky Tele sound.

 

[herb]

I keep meaning to get a Ron Kirn Tele...I find his Barnburner series strangely attractive...:hee

I had to look that up. Very cool! Wonder how they sound.:hmm

 

[Xpensive Wino]

I had to look that up. Very cool! Wonder how they sound.

By all accounts they sound very good indeed.

I was mistaken they are BarnBusters...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8jg9x238A4

 

[Gold Tone]

Pile of Custom Shop Fenders...

 

[herb]

Pile of Custom Shop Fenders...

Nice pile! Which one do you play the most?

 

[herb]

Here's another I just took of the Nash. This one is more accurate of the color.

 

[Gold Tone]

Nice pile! Which one do you play the most?

'60 Strat, Rosewood Tele, '70 Jazz

 

[moonweasel]

I have one of the original antecedents of the current CS. 1980 Fender Precision Special. Solid Black Walnut. They made between 100-150 of them. I'm trying to find a pic of my '06 Nocaster. Really love yalls pictures of your CS guitars. I find them to be amazing, never played a bad one.

 

[herb]

I have one of the original antecedents of the current CS. 1980 Fender Precision Special. Solid Black Walnut. They made between 100-150 of them. I'm trying to find a pic of my '06 Nocaster. Really love yalls pictures of your CS guitars. I find them to be amazing, never played a bad one.

Cool Bass! Looks like it's in great condition. Is that a one piece neck?

 

[Unbound Dot Neck]

'94 Diamond Dealer Edition , limited run of 135 guitars
very blingy , has the coolest tweed soft case , though !

 

[moonweasel]

Cool Bass! Looks like it's in great condition. Is that a one piece neck?

THanks!

Yes, one piece, with a maple skunk stripe, no separate board.

 

[moonweasel]

'94 Diamond Dealer Edition , limited run of 135 guitars
very blingy , has the coolest tweed soft case , though !

WOW

 

[Unbound Dot Neck]

I did say blingy. trip to Chuck Levins basement a long time ago . Sorry for the poor pic.

 

[Unbound Dot Neck]

How did you get this photo , !! Cherry picker bucket :hank

Pile of Custom Shop Fenders...

 

[Gold Tone]

How did you get this photo , !! Cherry picker bucket :hank

Stood on a bar stool and held camera over my head...took a few blind shots to get them in without cutting them off

 

[moonweasel]

Stood on a bar stool and held camera over my head...took a few blind shots to get them in without cutting them off

Look out for ceiling fans with this technique.... don't ask me how I know.

 

[Gold Tone]

LOL

 

[ppgf]

my friend maestro alex gregory (who had a sig 7 model with fender) had 4 final version protos recently completed, after several interruptions. i finally got one from him today.

in his words:

"Fender built it at the custom shop, under the strict supervision of George Blanda (head of R & D) over a period of 2 years.

It has the Custom shop logo on the back of the headstock and all standard decals (including my Fender "corrected" signature on front).
It has the special Fender case and everything else.
The finish is nitro "Surf Green" sparkle.
It has some "custom shop" very light aging (even on the black pick-guard).
The hardware is gold.

The only non-Fender part is are the set of 3 pick-ups which are Seymour Duncan MAG stacks. That has always been the case for every single guitar, as Fender could not make the pick-ups.

That is about it."

it's magnificent.


alder body

quartersawn one piece neck with skunk stripe and butt end truss rod adjustment

scalloped board

24 frets

custom wound duncans

custom 4 point whammy (flawless operation and tuning stability)

s1 switching system