This 1953 Telecaster Heavy Relic Micawber Build is a solid body electric guitar built by Fender Custom Shop. This t-style bolt on guitar was manufactured in Corona, CA in the United States and is a Fender Custom Shop Time Machine model. Key features include an Ash Body, Maple Neck, Brass Six Saddle Bridge, Single Ply Black Pickguard, Single Coil Bridge & Humbucker Neck Pickups and a Nocaster Blonde finish. The specs listed below pertain to the 2012 product year model pictured on this page.
"Micawber" is a vintage Blackguard Telecaster famously owned and played by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. This guitar spec'd below appears to be a customer-ordered build from Fender Custom Shop that pays homage to Keith's original, while not being an authorized artist signature model.
Factory Specs
- Ash Body
- Maple Neck
- 21 Frets
- Black Dot Inlays
- 9.5" Radius
- Medium Jumbo Fret Wire
- 1.650" Nut Width
- 25.5" Scale Length
- Round String Tree
- Silver 50s Telecaster Logo
- Kluson Deluxe Tuners
- Telecaster-Style Body
- Bolt-On Construction
- Brass Plate Six Saddle Bridge
- Single Ply Black Pickguard
- One Volume & One Tone Control
- 3-Way Switch
- Mud Circuit
- Telecaster Single Coil Bridge Pickup
- Seymour Duncan Humbucker Neck Pickup
- Heavily Aged Lacquer Finish
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