Fender 'Tele-bration' Empress Telecaster (Honeyburst) Discontinued Model Overview
On its 1951 introduction, the Telecaster was a revolutionary instrument that would usher in whole new eras of musical innovation and excitement. Sixty years later, in 2011, it is an archetypal electric guitar with a long and storied history. The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the Telecaster, and we're celebrating its 60th anniversary all year with 12 very special "Tele-bration" models that stay inside the Telecaster's famously elegant lines while offering the finest and most unusual takes on the instrument's past, present and future.Ancient mythology holds that the fabled Phoenix bird will only land amid the branches of the Empress tree when a good ruler is in power. Lightweight Empress wood has long been used in the Far East for traditional stringed instruments (such as the Japanese koto and Korean gayageum zithers). The tree eventually found its way to the Southeastern United States, from which comes this amazing new super-lightweight Telecaster model.
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- Body Shape: Telecaster®
- Body Style: Solid Body
- Neck: Maple
- Radius: 9.5" (24.13 cm)
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Neck Plate: 60th Anniversary 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
- Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- Position Inlays: Black Dot
- Scale length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
- Bridge: Vintage Style 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge
- Hardware: Chrome
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Switch Tip: Barrel Style Switch Tip
- Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
- Bridge Pickup: Hot Tele® Single-Coil Pickup with Alnico 3 Magnets (Bridge)
- Neck Pickup: Hot Tele® Single-Coil Pickup with Alnico 3 Magnets (Neck)
- Pickup Configuration: S/S
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Special Electronics: Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit (rolls off high without adding bass)
- Truss Rods: Bi-Flex™ Truss Rod System
- Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
- Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8" Hex (Allen) Wrench
- Strings: Fender® USA 250L, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
- Case/Gig Bag: Hi-Tech Molded SKB Case
