Description
The Fender Custom Shop 1970s Tele Custom Heavy Relic in Blue Sparkle is a bold and unapologetic take on one of Fender's most distinctive hybrids. Built for players who demand grit, versatility, and unmistakable style, this Tele Custom channels the attitude of the '70s with modern playability and Custom Shop precision. Whether you're ripping through punky rhythms, dialing in warm, vintage cleans, or chasing the thick mids of a neck humbucker, this guitar is wired to deliver.
At the heart of this Tele is a unique SH pickup configuration that captures the best of both worlds. A Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele single-coil in the bridge offers that classic snap and bite with added clarity and output, while the Wide-Range CuNiFe humbucker in the neck brings the warmth, punch, and tonal girth that made the original Tele Customs a favorite for alt-rockers, funk players, and country outsiders. Independent volume and tone controls for each pickup, plus a 3-way toggle, give you full command over your tone from studio to stage.
Crafted from 2-piece select ash and finished in a nitrocellulose Blue Sparkle lacquer, this guitar isn't subtle-and that's the point. The Heavy Relic treatment reveals worn edges, checking, and a perfectly broken-in vibe that makes it feel like a stage veteran from the second you pick it up. It's eye-catching, rebellious, and drenched in character.
The quartersawn maple neck, finished in nitro lacquer and carved to a '65 Strat "C" profile, is fast and familiar. A vintage compound radius (7.25" to 9.5") paired with narrow tall 6105 frets gives you that old-school feel without sacrificing modern playability. Tuning stability is locked in with vintage "F" style tuners and a 3-saddle American Vintage bridge with compensated brass saddles; a rock-solid setup that honors the past while supporting today's demands.
This Tele Custom feels like a statement. It's for the player who doesn't follow the script and wants something with sonic depth, visual flair, and a raw, broken-in soul. At Cream City Music, we love guitars with stories to tell, and this one feels like it already knows a few. Now it's your turn to write the next chapter.
Specifications:
- Headstock: Telecaster
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: 1965 Strat "C"
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 7 mm
- Number of Frets: 21
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
- Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Body: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Body Style: Solid Body
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Compensated Brass Saddles
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Control Knobs: Black "Witch Hat"
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Fender/Schaller Vintage "F" Style
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Wide-Range CuNiFe Humbucking
- Pickup Configuration: SH
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Case: Hardshell Case
Sku: 9231016808
At the heart of this Tele is a unique SH pickup configuration that captures the best of both worlds. A Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele single-coil in the bridge offers that classic snap and bite with added clarity and output, while the Wide-Range CuNiFe humbucker in the neck brings the warmth, punch, and tonal girth that made the original Tele Customs a favorite for alt-rockers, funk players, and country outsiders. Independent volume and tone controls for each pickup, plus a 3-way toggle, give you full command over your tone from studio to stage.
Crafted from 2-piece select ash and finished in a nitrocellulose Blue Sparkle lacquer, this guitar isn't subtle-and that's the point. The Heavy Relic treatment reveals worn edges, checking, and a perfectly broken-in vibe that makes it feel like a stage veteran from the second you pick it up. It's eye-catching, rebellious, and drenched in character.
The quartersawn maple neck, finished in nitro lacquer and carved to a '65 Strat "C" profile, is fast and familiar. A vintage compound radius (7.25" to 9.5") paired with narrow tall 6105 frets gives you that old-school feel without sacrificing modern playability. Tuning stability is locked in with vintage "F" style tuners and a 3-saddle American Vintage bridge with compensated brass saddles; a rock-solid setup that honors the past while supporting today's demands.
This Tele Custom feels like a statement. It's for the player who doesn't follow the script and wants something with sonic depth, visual flair, and a raw, broken-in soul. At Cream City Music, we love guitars with stories to tell, and this one feels like it already knows a few. Now it's your turn to write the next chapter.
Specifications:
- Headstock: Telecaster
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: 1965 Strat "C"
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Quartersawn Maple
- Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 7 mm
- Number of Frets: 21
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
- Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Body: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Body Style: Solid Body
- Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
- Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Compensated Brass Saddles
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Control Knobs: Black "Witch Hat"
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Fender/Schaller Vintage "F" Style
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Wide-Range CuNiFe Humbucking
- Pickup Configuration: SH
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Case: Hardshell Case
Sku: 9231016808
