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Fender Custom Shop Flame Top Telecaster Thinline Natural 1997

Fender Custom Shop · #2 of 5
BrandFender Custom Shop
TypeElectric Guitars
Serial No.2 of 5
PhotographyActual Photos
Archive ID45828
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The Story

Flame Top Telecaster Thinline Natural 1997

This beautiful Tele is a Custom Shop creation from a run of only five instruments made like it in 1997. It's a Tele Thinline with a flame maple top and ash body, with an equally eye-catching birdseye maple neck and tortoise shell pickguard with matching dot inlays. The guitar is #2 of 5, and includes the original case and COA, dating it to October 1997 and signed by then Custom Shop manager John Page. It's in overall excellent condition as well!

Includes: Original Hardshell Case and Certificate of Authenticity, Strap, Bridge Cover

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The Specifications

As it left The Music Zoo Tech Bench.
  • Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar
  • Flame Maple Top and Ash Body
  • Birdseye Maple Neck and Fretboard
  • Soft “V” Neck Profile
  • 25.5” Scale Length
  • 9.5” Fretboard Radius
  • 1-5/8" Nut Width
  • 21 Frets
  • Single-Coil Tele Pickups
  • 3-Way Switch
  • Volume and Tone Controls
  • Vintage Style Tuners
  • Tortoise Shell Pickguard and Matching Dot Inlays
  • Nickel Hardware
  • Natural Finish
  • 6 lbs, 11 oz.
  • .910" Neck Profile at 1st Fret
  • 1.010" Neck Profile at 12th Fret

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