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NAMM 2013: Fender Custom Shop unveils Custom Collection models for 2013

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By Joe Bosso published 1 January 2013

Relic Esquire, Classic Classic Precision Bass Pro and more

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Fender Custom Shop unveils Custom Collection models for 2013

Fender Custom Shop unveils Custom Collection models for 2013

NAMM 2013:The 2013 Winter NAMM Show is still a few weeks away, but the Fender Custom Shop is already unveiling its new 2013 Custom Collection, presenting some of its most sophisticated and meticulously crafted product offerings to date, including eight guitars and two basses.

The most distinctive features of each individual model are listed in the following photo gallery.

All models include case and certificate for authenticity. For more information, visit the Fender Custom Shop.

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Page 1 of 11
2013 Custom Deluxe Stratocaster

2013 Custom Deluxe Stratocaster

  • Okume body with access heel and AAA flame maple veneer top in Faded Three-Color Sunburst, Candy Yellow, or Ebony Trans
  • Urethane-finished AAA flame maple neck with a mid-’60s oval "C" back shape
  • Dark rosewood or one-piece maple fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
  • Custom Shop Fat ’50s pickups with five-way pickup switch and modern Strat wiring
  • Chrome hardware with pearl button tuners
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Page 2 of 11
1956 Relic Stratocaster

1956 Relic Stratocaster

  • Lightweight ash body in Aged Placid Blue, Melon Candy or Candy Tangerine with nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • One-piece maple neck with a 10/56 large "V" back shape and 21 frets
  • Custom Shop Fat ’50s pickups
  • Gold anodized pickguard
  • Gold hardware
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Page 3 of 11
2013 Closet Classic Stratocaster Pro

2013 Closet Classic Stratocaster Pro

  • Lightweight ash body available in Black, Faded Three-Color Sunburst, and White Blonde
  • Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • Quartersawn maple neck with early-’60s C back shape
  • Dark rosewood or one-piece maple fretboard with 22 6105 frets
  • Custom Shop Fat ’50s pickups with five-way pickup switching
  • Locking tuners
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Page 4 of 11
1959 Relic Esquire

1959 Relic Esquire

  • Alder body in Faded Three-Color Sunburst
  • Maple neck with a mid-’60s oval "C" back shape
  • Dark rosewood fingerboard with 21 6105 frets
  • Twisted Tele pickups
  • Modern Tele wiring with Eldred Esquire Modification
  • Greasebucket tone circuit
  • Three-ply parchment pickguard
  • Nickel Hardware
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Page 5 of 11
2013 Custom Deluxe Telecaster

2013 Custom Deluxe Telecaster

  • Ash body with access heel, top and rear contour and AAA flame maple veneer top in Faded Three-Color Sunburst, Candy Yellow, or Ebony Trans
  • Urethane-finished AAA flame maple neck with a mid-’60s oval "C" back shape
  • Dark rosewood or one-piece maple fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
  • Twisted Tele pickups with three-way switching and custom wiring and Greasebucket™ tone circuit
  • Chrome hardware with pearl button tuners
  • Research Special Division (RSD)-designed bridge
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Page 6 of 11
1972 Closet Classic Telecaster Custom

1972 Closet Classic Telecaster Custom

  • Lightweight ash body with Black urethane finish and comfortable belly-cut contour
  • Maple neck with a 1969 "U" back shape
  • Round-lam maple fingerboard with 21 6105 frets
  • "Wide-Range" Humbucking (neck) and Twisted Tele (bridge) pickups with Custom Tele wiring
  • Nickel hardware with vintage-style bridge
  • Original three-bolt neck-joint design with Micro Tilt
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Page 7 of 11
1952 Relic Telecaster

1952 Relic Telecaster

  • Lightweight ash body in Aged Lake Placid Blue, Melon Candy or Candy Tangerine with nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • One-piece maple with a 10/56 large "V" back shape and 21 frets
  • Twisted Tele pickups
  • Gold anodized pickguard
  • Gold hardware
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Page 8 of 11
2013 Closet Classic Telecaster Pro

2013 Closet Classic Telecaster Pro

  • Lightweight ash body available in Black, Faded Three-Color Sunburst, and White Blonde
  • Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • Quartersawn maple neck with a mid-’60s oval "C" back shape
  • Dark rosewood or one-piece maple fretboard with 22 6105 frets
  • Twisted Tele pickups with three-way pickup switching and Custom Tele wiring
  • Greasebucket tone circuit
  • RSD-designed bridge
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Page 9 of 11
2013 Closet Classic Precision Bass Pro

2013 Closet Classic Precision Bass Pro

  • Premium alder with Black nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • One-piece quartersawn maple neck with a 1960 Oval "C" back shape and 20 frets
  • Two Seymour Duncan Stacked 1951 P Bass® pickups with Vintage Jazz Bass® wiring
  • Vintage-style reverse tuners
  • Dual volume controls and master tone control
  • RSD-designed high mass bridge
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Page 10 of 11
1951 Relic Precision Bass

1951 Relic Precision Bass

  • Slab ash body in Aged Lake Placid Blue, Melon Candy or Candy Tangerine with nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • One-piece quartersawn maple neck with a ’51 P Bass "U" Back Shape and 20 frets
  • Custom-wound Seymour Duncan® Stacked Precision Bass pickup
  • Gold anodized pickguard
  • Gold hardware
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Page 11 of 11
Joe Bosso
Joe Bosso

Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar World, Guitar Player, MusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He’s an enthusiastic guitarist, but he’s nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.

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