FS: Fender Custom Shop 52 Telecaster Heavy Relic £2600

AlexO · July 2023

One of those guitars I don't want to sell but I'm starting a new business and could do with the extra capital for stock.

The guitar was made in 2015 and is in excellent condition , well for a heavy relic but you know what I mean! I love a blackguard tele and I've had a few CS variations of this model and this has been my favourit.

It’s nice and light at 6.95 lbs .

Has the proper 52 U neck where its fills the hand but doesn't have stupid volume in the shoulders. Resonates acoustically and the pickups sound like a blackguard tele, mellow and jazzy in the neck and super twangy in the bridge.

It didn't come with a Shop Floor traveller and when I asked Fender for one they stated it was the standard production model and not a dealer spec with the specs being as follows.

Model Name: 1952 Heavy Relic® Telecaster®,
Model Number: 1550052803, 1550052806, 1550052899
Series: Time Machine
Body: Ash
Neck: Riff Cut Maple with a Nocaster® “U” shape
Fingerboard: 1-piece Maple, 9.5” (241 mm) Radius
No. of Frets: 21, Narrow Jumbo
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Machine Heads: American Vintage Tuning Machines
Bridge: Vintage Style with 3 Brass Saddles
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment on (803), (806); 1-Ply Black on (899)
Pickups: Custom Shop Nocaster® Single-Coil
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Master GreasebucketTM Tone Circuit (Rolls Off Highs without Adding Bass)
Colors: (1550052803) 2-Color Sunburst,
(1550052806) Black,
(1550052899) Nocaster Blonde
Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
Strings: D’Addario® XL110 Regular Light, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)
Other Features:
Source: U.S. Fender Custom Shop
Accessories: Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
U.S. MSRP: $3,500.00
INTRODUCED: 3/2015
DISCONTINUED: 7/2017

Based in Stockport SK4. Happy to drive an hour to meet halfway etc.
Any questions just give me a shout.