Fender built several instruments in the late ’60s made completely of hand-selected rosewood. These were in production only very briefly and are now highly collectable on the vintage market. Jimi Hendrix reportedly had one of the first Rosewood Stratocaster® guitars, and George Harrison of the Beatles used one of the original Rosewood Telecaster guitars on Let It Be and for the famous Apple Records rooftop concert in January 1969. Features include a rosewood body, rosewood neck with early-’60s “oval C”-shaped profile and no skunk stripe or plug, rosewood fingerboard with 9.5” radius and 6105 frets, vintage-style hardware, Twisted Tele® pickups with modern wiring, and satin urethane NOS finish.

Other specifications include:

Color: Natural
Body Material: Rosewood
Body Finish: Gloss
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Neck Material: Rosewood
Neck Finish: Gloss
Neck Shape: Early '60s Oval "C"
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
Nut Width: 1.675" (42.5 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop "Twisted" Single-Coil Tele
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop "Twisted" Single-Coil Tele
Controls: Master Volume
Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit (Rolls Off Highs without Adding Bass).
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: SS
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Telecaster® with Threaded Saddles
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines:     Fender® Vintage "F" Stamped
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Included Accessories: Cable, Strap, Case, Certificate of Authenticity
7 lbs 15 oz

R79966

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