• Model: Rarities Series Quilt Maple Top Telecaster
• Finish: Blue Cloud, Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body: Ash with Bound Quilt Maple Top
• Neck: Quarter-Sawn European Maple
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back, Gloss Urethane Finish on Front
• Neck Profile: '60s “C”
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Radius: 9.5" / 241mm
• Frets: 22 Vintage Tall
• Nut: Bone, 1.650" / 42mm
• Inlays: Black Pearloid Dots
• Scale Length: 25.5" / 648mm
• Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage ’64 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Tele
• Neck Pickup: Custom Shop ’51 Single-Coil Nocaster
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Switching: 3-Position Blade
• Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele with Compensated Brass Barrel Saddles
• Tuners: Fender Standard Cast / Sealed Staggered
• Hardware: Nickel / Chrome
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black / White / Black
• Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt
• Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009 - .042)
• Country: USA
• Year: 2019

This is a really striking Tele and one of the most appealing guitars from Fender’s Rarities Series. The Blue Cloud finish over the bound quilt maple top is obviously the big talking point, and rightly so, because it gives the guitar a much more luxurious and eye-catching feel than a standard production Tele. It still looks unmistakably Fender, but it has that little bit of extra flair that makes it feel more special. The rest of the spec is very well judged too. The ash body and quarter-sawn maple neck keep it rooted in familiar Tele territory, while the Pure Vintage ’64 bridge pickup and Custom Shop ’51 Nocaster neck pickup is a really smart pairing. That should give the guitar plenty of bite and twang at the bridge, but with a fuller, sweeter neck voice than you might expect. A very classy USA Tele and a great example of Fender doing something a bit more unusual without losing the core appeal of the model.

Mint condition. Presents exceptionally well overall, with no noteworthy wear to mention.

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