SPOTLIGHT: Fender 2013 Custom Shop Telecasters!

Fender recently released a plethera of new custom shop telecasters, hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as much as we did taking them!


Fender Custom Shop Double TV Jones Bigsby Telecaster Candy Apple Red

 Fender Custom Shop 1967 Telecaster Heavy Relic Faded Chocolate

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Fender FSR '13 American Vintage Models

Fender has launched two new guitars in their American Vintage Series that are FSR Models.  See below for summaries and pictures!

FSR American Vintage '70s Stratocaster®

This hybrid “best of the ’70s” Stratocaster® guitar features all of the best elements of the classic models from that decade, including an alder body, "U"-shaped maple neck with improved three-bolt neck and Micro-Tilt™ neck adjustment, vintagestyle bridge, “F” tuners, specially voiced pickups, large matching painted headstock with ’70s-style decal, and bullet truss rod adjustment nut.

Key Features
Series: Special Edition
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Neck: Maple, "U" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
Frets: 21, Vintage-Style
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: "Bullet" Style
Pickups: American Vintage Single-Coil Strat® (Bridge, Middle and Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Middle Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender® Vintage "F" Stamped
Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Strings: Fender® USA Super 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)

FSR American Vintage '72 Telecaster® Custom

Fender's American Vintage '72 Telecaster Custom guitar authentically evokes a historic member of the Telecaster family. Periodcorrect early-'70s details include a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ adjustment, bullet truss rod nut and vintage-style "F" tuners; with touches including a Fender Wide Range humbucking neck pickup redesigned and re-voiced to sound even more like a 1970s pickup.

Features include a solid ash (721) or alder (706) body with gloss lacquer finish, "C"-shaped maple neck with gloss lacquer finish, rosewood fingerboard with 7.25" radius and 21 vintage-style frets, American Vintage single-coil Telecaster bridge pickup, threeposition switch with aged white tip; vintagestyle three-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge; skirted amp control knobs and chrome hardware. Available in Black and Natural.

Key Features
Series: Special Edition
Body Material: Alder (706), Ash (721)
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Neck: Maple, "C" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
Frets: 21, Vintage-Style
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: "Bullet" Style
Pickups: American Vintage Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge)
Fender® "Wide Range" Humbucking (Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and
Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender® Vintage "F" Stamped
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with
Grooved Steel Barrel Saddles
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell on Black (706), 3-Ply B/W/B on Natural (721)
Strings: Fender® USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

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JUST RELEASED: Fender Standard Stratocaster and Standard Telecaster Satin!

Fender is offering the new satin finish standard models in Strats and Teles.  Keep reading for an overview of both!

Which one do you like better?

Fender Standard Stratocaster Satin Rosewood Fingerboard Ocean Blue Candy

The Standard Stratocaster Satin Electric Guitar offers legendary Fender tone with classic styling and more exciting finishes. Features include three single-coil pickups, synchronized tremolo with high-mass bridge block, tinted neck, shielded body cavities, medium jumbo frets, parchment pickguard and 70s-style headstock logo.

Features

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Polyester
• Body Shape: Stratocaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple or Rosewood
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck, Gloss Finish on the Face of the Headstock
• Neck Shape: Modern "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm)
• Position Inlays: Black or White Dot
• Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• Middle Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• Bridge Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Strat
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: S/S/S
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)

Hardware

• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
• Tremolo Arm: Vintage-Style Tremolo Arm
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Switch Tips: Parchment
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
• Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic

 Fender Standard Telecaster Satin, Rosewood Fingerboard Arizona Sun

The Standard Telecaster Satin casts our workhorse Standard Telecaster model in a whole new light, wrapping it in four radiantly beautiful new satin urethane body finishes.

Other features include an alder body, maple neck with “modern C” profile and satin urethane back finish, 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets, dual single-coil pickups with three-way switching, three-ply black-whiteblack pickguard and black plastic control knobs, and a six-saddle string-throughbody bridge. 

Features

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Satin Urethane

Neck

• Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" (241 mm) Radius
• Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
• Position Inlays: White Dot
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
• Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware: Chrome
• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Tele®
• Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
• Pickup Configuration: S/S
• Pickups: Standard Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge and Neck)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge
• and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome

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Fender Custom Shop Says Goodbye to Abigail Ybarra 'Queen of Pickups'

To commemorate the retirement of one of Fender's Master Technician Abigail Ybarra, who has been in the Fender Family for over 50 years, Fender has created this special plaque and hosted a retirement party for her.  Fender also arranged for multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos to play at her private event.

Ybarra came to Fender in 1956 and in 1958 began hand-winding and hand-building guitar pickups for the fledgling Southern California musical instrument company (pickups convert string vibrations into electric signals, creating the “voice” of an electric guitar). Ybarra’s hand-wound pickups have been included in Fender’s most popular instruments from the late-’50s to today, and were most likely found on instruments played by legends such as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and countless others. Her pickups have become highly desirable and sought after by artists and collectors alike.

“Abby is one of the many individuals, like George Fullerton, Freddie Tavares and Forrest White, who have set our course as a company and leader in our industry,” said Mike Eldred, Fender Custom Shop Marketing Director.

                         “She has literally ‘set the tone’ for Fender, 
                  and we will continue to carry on her legacy 
                  in the Fender Custom Shop.”

 L.A. Music would like to thank Abigail Ybarra for her contribution to the music-making industry and offer our most sincere congrats on the lengendary career.

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Introducing The New Cabronita Thinline Telecaster and Cabronita Precision Bass

 Overview of Cabronita Telecaster Thinline

The Cabronita Telecaster Thinline combines Fender’s striking Cabronita styling with traditional lightweight Thinline design. With its semi-hollow ash body with fhole and dual Fideli’Tron™ humbucking pickups, it’s a truly distinctive and powerful take on Fender’s first electric guitar.

Other features include a modern “C”-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and black-dot inlays, three-way toggle pickup switching, single-ply pickguard (black on White Blonde and Two-color Sunburst models; white on Shoreline Gold model), single knurled-chrome master volume control and vintage-style string-through-body Stratocaster® hardtail bridge.

Series: Cabronita
Body Wood: Semi-Hollow Ash
Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
String Nut: Synthetic Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" (241 mm)
Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: Vintage-Style Strat® Strings-Through-Body Hardtail
Tuning Machines: Fender® Standard Cast/Sealed
Strings: Fender® USA Super 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
Pickup Configuration: H/H
Pickups: Fideli'Tron™ Humbucking (Bridge and Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge
and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume
Other Features: Semi-Hollow Body with F-Hole, Chrome Pickup Covers,
Knurled Chrome Control Knob, Button String Tree

 Overview of Cabronita Precision Bass

The Cabronita Precision Bass takes Fender’s revolutionary first bass and decks it out in distinctive and powerful Cabronita style. Features include an alder body with forearm contour, “C”-shaped maple neck with gloss urethane finish, 9.5”-radius maple cap fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets and black-dot inlays, single Fideli’Tron™ humbucking bass pickup, single-ply pickguard (black on 2-Color Sunburst model; white on Black and Candy Apple Red models), modern High Mass bridge, knurled chrome control knobs (master volume, master tone) sidemounted output jack and vintage-style reverse tuners.

Series: Cabronita
Body Wood: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
Neck: Maple, "C" Shape
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
String Nut: Synthetic Bone, 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple Cap, 9.5" (242 mm) Radius
Frets: 20, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: Fender® High Mass Modern
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Reverse
Strings: Fender USA NPS, Gauges: (.045, .065, .085, .105)
Pickups: Fideli'Tron™ Bass Humbucking Pickup (Middle)
Controls: Volume, Tone
Other Features: Original Precision Bass® Headstock Shape, Sharp Body
Radius with Arm Contour, Rear Routed Control Cavity,
Knurled Chrome Control Knobs, Side Mounted Output Jack

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Fender Complete Guide: Telecaster (Part One)

Pictured Guitar: Fender American Design Telecaster Burnt Tobacco Rosewood

L.A. Music recently received two of 48 limited edition Telecasters.  To celebrate this extraordinary line of guitars, it seemed fitting to do a complete guide on the Fender guitar that started it all - The Telecaster (short form: Tele).

The rich history of Fender Guitars starts with the Telecaster.  Believe it or not, it took two years and multiple name changes before the now-known classic Telecaster was created.  The Tele first debuted in February of 1951 (that's more that 60 years!) and Fender has consciously stuck to it's classic design and tone.

Fender Telecasters have a versatile, unique and distinct sound.  They are known for their bright, rich and cutting tone; the typical Telecaster Twang.  Additionally, the tele is versatile in the notion that it can produce a mellow and bluesy tone depending on the pickup.

Key Features

Single-Cutaway Body

The Telecaster's distinctive single-cutaway body has been an unchanging hallmark of its design ever since it was introduced in 1951.

Pickups

Classic Telecaster tone is a long-revered product of its dual single-coil pickups—especially the bright, snappy tone of the bridge pickup. Other pickup options lend even more versatility.

Neck and Fingerboard

Telecaster guitars are known for comfortable and easily adjusted necks with a variety of profiles, eminently playable fingerboards and an unmistakable headstock.

List of Series:

Fender:

• American B-Bender
• American Deluxe 
• American Special 
• American Standard
• American Vintage
• Artist
• Blacktop
• Cabronita
• Classic
• Classic Player
• Deluxe
• Factory Special Run
• Fender Select
• Modern Player
• Road Worn
• Special Edition
• Standard
• Vintage Hot Rod

Squier:

• Affinity
• Artist
• Classic Vibe
• Standard
• Vintage Modified

Custom Shop:

• Artist
• Custom Deluxe
• Pro Collection
• Time Machine

L.A. Music carries  the Fender catalog in it's entirety and we can guarantee the best pricing in Canada.  As your favourite music retailer, we strive to bring you more than the product. As musicians ourselves, we thrive off of any knowledge that we can get our hands on.  So, whether you are looking to purchase a new guitar or are just looking, here are some timeless classics and latest additions that are custom picked by our guitar specialist team for your viewing pleasure:

Fender Standard Tele Left Handed Maple Neck Black (No Bag) F-0145122506 

 

Fender Standard Tele Maple Neck Brown Sunburst (No Bag) F-0145102532

Fender American Standard Telecaster 2012 Maple Neck 3-Color Sunburst 0113202700

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Fender Releases All-New Reso-Tele!

Fender Acoustics now offers you a truly remarkable instrument in the distinctive form of the Reso-Tele, which is exactly what the name suggests—a resonator version of a Telecaster. This unusual design, combined with the Telecaster pickup and under-saddle pickup and electronics, makes for a one-of-a-kind playing experience with an appealingly traditional vibe.

The Reso-Tele has a maple Telecaster body with a stylish Two-color Sunburst finish, stylized Fender "F" sound hole and hand-spun cone crafted in Eastern Europe for rich resonator tone. Its standard Telecaster neck pickup and Fishman® Powerchip under-saddle pickup can be blended together to taste, along with a master volume control. Other features include a "C"-shaped maple Telecaster neck with a 15.7"-radius rosewood fretboard, maple "biscuit" bridge with bell-brass nickel-plated tailpiece, and chrome hardware.

General	Model Name: Reso-Tele® Series: Folk Music Instruments COLOR/MSRP/PART#: 2-Color Sunburst $1,099.99 0955010000
Body	Body Shape: Resonator Body Back: Maple Body Sides: Maple Body Top: Maple F Holes Sound Holes: Fender® "F" Holes
Neck	Number of Frets: 21 Position Inlays: Dot Fingerboard Radius: 15.75" (400 mm) Fingerboard: Rosewood Neck Material: Maple Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm) Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Hardware	Hardware Finish: Chrome Bridge: Maple Biscuit String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Miscellaneous	Strings: Fender® Phosphor Bronze 60XL (.010-.048 Gauge) Unique Features: Continental Eastern European Hand Spun Cone, Bell Brass Nickelplated Tailpiece, "C" shape maple neck and maple Tele® body with Fender "F" f-hole, Rosewood fretboard, and Tele pickup combined with Fishman Powerchip

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