Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt Jason Smith 1964 Telecaster HS Ultimate Relic Blue Ice Metallic With Case

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Masterbuilt Jason Smith '64 Telecaster Ultimate Relic  Truetone Music is proud to have a long and close relationship with Fender, especially with the Custom Shop.  Every so often, we take a trip to Corona to meet with Masterbuilders and design guitars.  We always like to ask the builders what they would like to build, in an effort to truly collaborate on guitars that they are excited to build, sometimes resulting in a run of guitars.  That was the genesis of this amazing Telecaster. Any Masterbuilt piece is going to be impressive, but we wanted to take it an extra step with the wear and worked with Jason Smith to design something unique. When it landed, we were blown away.  We are proud to present the Ultimate Relic 1964 Telecaster in Blue Ice Metallic. As the name says, the guitar was given the Ultimate Relic treatment - that's more than a Heavy Relic or even a Super Heavy Relic.  What you get is a ton of character.  Officialy, the specs call for the Rory Gallagher Strat treament.  We couldn't be happier with what he did.   We could describe but a picture is worth a thousand words, and we have some great pictures - we'll pause now so you can check them out. With an alder body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard, you get the classic combination of woods, resulting in a sweet high-end, punch low end, and excellent sustain.  Even unplugged, it sounds great.  The finish being so worn really lets it breath.  The end result is a beautiful and very resonant guitar.  We chose the 60 Oval C neck shape, which is the most popular choice for Custom Shop guitars, but with a custom carve (.820 - .890").  This gives you a bit more grip in the first position and a slimmer profile in the higher register.  The modernized tweak we added is that this guitar has a 9.5 - 12.0" compound radius and jumbo (6100) frets.  This makes it easy to play, even up high on the neck when bending notes and digging in.  That, coupled with the perfectly sculpted neck that has the finish worn off, ma