Fender Blacktop Tele

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The most affordable humbucking pickup-equipped Telecaster ever made.
The Blacktop Telecaster HH is a no-nonsense dual-bucker Tele that’ll blow your mind without breaking the bank. Vintage-style Fender Blacktop alnico humbucking pickups deliver the hot high-gain power of today’s most aggressive sounds; other distinctive touches include skirted black amp knobs, reversed control plate, and a vintage-style hard-tail bridge with six grooved saddles for optimum string alignment. Features include an alder body, maple neck, 9.5″-radius rosewood fretboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, gloss urethane finish, and nickel/chrome hardware.

FEATURES

  • Series: Blacktop
  • Body shape: Telecaster
  • Body material: alder
  • Neck: maple
  • Neck finish: gloss urethane
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Position inlays: white dots
  • String nut: synthetic bone
  • Bridge pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
  • Neck pickup: Hot Vintage alnico humbucking pickup with nickel cover
  • Pickup switching: 3-way blade switch
  • Controls: master volume, master tone
  • Hardware: nickel/chrome
  • Tuning keys: standard cast/sealed tuning machines
  • Bridge: strings-through-body hardtail bridge with 6 cast saddles
  • Strap buttons: vintage style
  • Control knobs: skirted amp knobs
  • Pickguard: 3-ply black
  • Strings: Super 250L’s, NPS (.009-.042 gauges)
  • Included accessories: truss rod adjustment wrench, saddle height adjustment wrench

SPECIFICATIONS

Blacktop Telecaster HH Electric Guitar (Rosewood Fingerboard)
Scale length: 25.5″ (648mm)
Nut width: 1.65″ (42mm)
Truss rod nut: 3/16″ adjustable hex nut
Fretboard radius: 9.5″ (241mm)
Frets: 22, medium jumbo

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