Case/Gig Bag
Deluxe Hardshell
Included Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
Artisan Korina Telecaster®
Artisan Korina Telecaster®
Artisan Korina Telecaster®
Details
Summary
Overview
New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Artisan Korina Tele, which features a beautifully crafted thinline body fashioned from select korina. This light and fine-grained west African mahogany has exquisite looks and tonal qualities similar to western mahogany varieties, delivering warm, bass-friendly tone and sweetly responsive midrange. These qualities in turn complement the open, resonant tone of the two-piece semi-hollow body, which features a single f-hole and a sumptuous Aged Natural NOS lacquer finish.
Its quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable '60-style Oval "C" profile and is roasted for even more beauty and stability, topped by a compound-radius (9.5"-12") round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut. The Custom Shop hand-wound '50/'51 Blackguard bridge pickup is a faithful recreation of the earliest Blackguard Telecaster® pickup, with extra-large alnico 3 magnets wrapped with thinner wire to produce that sweet early-'50s Tele tone - perfectly balanced with versatility of the Custom Shop P90 neck pickup.
Other premium features include "Dual-Stack" HS Tele wiring, three-way pickup switch, single-ply brown shell pickguard, '58-'63 Tele bridge with Custom Shop RSD (Research Special Design) compensated brass saddles, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Accessories
Body
Body
Korina
Body Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer with WLS Undercoat
Body Material
Korina
Body Shape
Telecaster®
Electronics
Bridge Pickup
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone
Neck Pickup
Custom Shop P90
Pickup Configuration
SS
Switching
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
General
Color
Aged Natural
Orientation
Right-Hand
Product Name
Artisan Korina Telecaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Natural
Series
Artisan
Hardware
Bridge
'58-'63 Tele® Bridge with Brass RSD Saddles
Control Knobs
Knurled Chrome
Hardware Finish
Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate
4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo
Pickguard
4-Ply Brown Shell
String Trees
Single-Wing
Strings
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Switch Tip
Barrel Style, Black
Tuning Machines
Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo, Tortoiseshell Buttons
Measurements
Fret Size
Jumbo (6100)
Headstock Thickness
0.575"
Scale Length
25.5" (648 mm)
Neck
Fingerboard Material
Round-Laminated Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
9.5" to 12" Compound Radius
Headstock
Stratocaster® Small
Neck Butt Width
2.200"
Neck Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material
Roasted Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape
'60s Oval "C"
Neck Thickness
.790"
Neck Thickness 12th Fret
.930"
Number of Frets
21
Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays
Vintage Clay Dot
Side Dots
Vintage Clay
String Nut
Bone
Truss Rod
Early '60s