The Fender Custom Shop is known for producing some amazing guitars that recreate those great instruments of the past, and the ’67 Telecaster NOS Electric Guitar is no exception. It’s got all the charm and vibe of a mid to late 1960s telecaster.  The Custom Shop recreates these instruments using the exact same techniques and tools that the originals were made from, and they make certain each one is made to the original specs, too.  Just like the original, the ’67 Telecaster NOS is great for blues, country, and rock.

The ’67 Tele features a premium alder body, an oval C-style neck made from maple, and a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard that has a 9.5 inch radius.  It uses 21 medium jumbo frets, mother of pearl dot inlays, and Schaller/Fender F tuners.  The pickups are Abby handwound ’63 Tele pickups, which sound absolutely amazing.  Nickel hardware, a vintage bridge with brass saddles, and three controls (tone, volume, and 3-way switch) round out the offerings. Read more

The 2011 Custom Deluxe Stratocaster looks to be another one of the many outstanding new instruments coming out of the Fender Custom Shop.  This deluxe model is a Strat with many new features added to the traditional design of the guitar.

The Custom Deluxe uses premium lightweight ash for the body and AA birdseye maple for the neck, which is done in a large C shape.  It has 22 Dunlop 6105 narrow jumbo frets and Abalone dot position inlays.  The neck is chrome-plated and finished with a satin neck finish.  It uses Fender Gotoh locking machine heads for the tuners and a deluxe 2-point synchronized tremolo bridge.  The hardware is nickel and chrome, and the nut is micarta.  It uses master built single-coil Strat pickups in an S/S/S configuration, two tone controls, a volume control, and a five position blade. Read more

The 1958 Relic Stratocaster made by the Fender Custom Shop recreates one of the Stratocaster's golden years.  In 1958, the Strat had been all but perfected, and this was the year that it went from interesting guitar to world-wide sensation.  Many popular artists picked up the Strat in ’58, and it really took off.  This recreation by Fender faithfully duplicates everything that made the 1958 Strat a huge success.

This relic guitar’s two-piece body is made from alder, and the neck is a bolted-on maple neck done in a ’56 large V shape.  It uses a 9.5 inch maple fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 Narrow Jumbo frets.  The nick is finished in a tinted lacquer finish.  The guitar uses Master Design Strat pickups on the bridge, middle, and neck, and they’re done in an S/S/S configuration.  It has five position switch, master volume, tone 1 (neck pickup) and tone 2 (bridge/middle) controls.  The bridge is an American vintage synchronized tremolo, the tuners are Gotoh vintage style, and the hardware is all done in chrome and nickel. Read more

Suhr has created several different series of guitars, including their classic, modern, and standard series.  The antiques series is a collaborative work between Suhr and J Black, who used to work with the Fender Custom Shop.  J. Black uses his proprietary aging process to take every guitar in the antique line and give it his own unique antique look and feel.

One of the great things about the Suhr Antique Guitar line is that it is highly customizable.  While Suhr does have some recommendations as to the woods and such, you are free to select everything.  You get to pick the woods, pickups, hardware, neck shape, type of frets, fingerboard radius, and more.  Because Suhr uses only the best in creating their guitars, you never have to give up playability for style and look.  You can even include things such as the Buzz Feiten Tuning System if you like, although you can also go straight vintage, too.

With the many different options Suhr offers on the Antique line, you can truly create a guitar that is to your unique specifications.  Thanks to J. Black and his special aging process, you can own a great looking antique guitar that sounds amazing.

Wildwood Guitars offers a number of relic guitars, and all of their instruments are highly sought after by collectors.  Their exclusive guitars include the LTD Dealer Select Wildwood “10s” 1959 Telecaster Custom Relic guitar, a guitar that was built in collaboration with the Fender Custom Shop.  Every one of these guitars was carefully hand-crafted by Fender to insure quality and attention to every detail.  The 1959 Telecaster is available in both custom-built and master-built versions so collectors can select whichever they prefer. There are only a limited number of these relic guitars, however, so collectors must buy quickly. Read more

The amazing Make’n Music MVP 1960s Stratocaster Heavy Relic Masterbuilt guitars are a must-have for anyone interested in collecting relics.  Created by master guitar builder Jason Smith especially for Make’n Music, these guitars represent the dedication to quality and exact replication that Fender Custom Shop is known for.  You’ll get a guitar that looks like it came from the 1960s but plays like it was built yesterday, giving you the best of both worlds. Read more

If you’re looking to find a number of Fender Custom Shop1951 NoCaster relic guitars, think again—the company has only produced a very limited number of this 1951 relic guitar.  In fact, the 1951 NoCaster Relic is one of the rarest guitars built by the Fender company.  They have produced 50 two-color sunburst models and 50 Dakota red models.  That’s as many of the NoCaster relics as will ever be made, so as you can expect, the guitar is quite the collector’s item. Read more

Fender Custom Shop’s Time Machine Series continues with the 1963 Telecaster Relic Guitar. This Telecaster guitar is modeled after the Telecasters built during 1963 and played by a number of artists.  Like all relic guitars from Fender’s series, this relic guitar has been artificially aged so that it truly looks like a guitar from the 60s.  The finish features nicks, scratches, and other aging signs, plus the hardware is rusted and the plastic has been aged to match the rest of the look.  The 1963 Telecaster Relic guitar comes in four different colors: a three color sunburst, black, Dakota red, and Sonic blue. Read more

The Fender Custom Shop Limited Collection includes a number of great guitars, and the Telecaster Pro Relic Guitar is no exception.  A recreation of the guitar that many players have used over the years, the Telecaster Pro Relic Guitar comes in extremely limited quantities: only 40 have been made.  The relic guitar comes in two colors (20 guitars were made in each color), sonic blue and a three-color sunburst.  Fender fans and collectors are going to be all over this instrument, so if you want one, buy it sooner rather than later. Read more

While Fender itself didn’t begin building thinline guitars until the late 1960s, that hasn’t stopped them from creating a relic guitar based on the 1950s Telecaster Thinline. The relic was designed by Fender Custom Shop’s senior master builder Chris Fleming, and he did everything he could to include many of the features found on the early Nocaster guitars.  However, there are some differences, the biggest of which is the semi-hollow premium ash body done in a thinline nitrocellulose lacquer finish.  The body also contains an f-hole, something unique to this relic guitar. Read more