The highly acclaimed Fender Select series introduces an all-new lineup for 2013. These finely crafted guitars and basses put decades of Fender expertise on display, with elegant features and design options for discerning musicians everywhere. Experience the latest figured tops, beautiful finishes, choice tone woods, figured and quartersawn maple necks with compound-radius fingerboards, an innovative new "inlaid" fingerboard design on two of the models, specially voiced pickups, and several new first-rate features that mark Fender's top-line best as remarkable instruments.
The new Fender Select Telecaster® HH is powerful, beautiful and light, with a potent pair of Wide Range Special humbucking pickups, chambered alder body, gorgeous Malaysian blackwood top, comfortable back contour and Natural gloss lacquer finish. Its modern "C"-shaped birdseye maple neck has a comfortable contoured heel, satin lacquer finish and Bi-Flex™ truss rod system; the compound radius birdseye maple fingerboard (9.5"-14") has 22 medium jumbo frets and a gloss lacquer finish.
Other premium features include three-way pickup switching, heavy-knurled chrome controls with tone-knob S-1 switch for even greater tonal versatility, an American Standard Telecaster bridge with bent steel saddles and stamped brass plate, deluxe staggered locking tuners and Fender Select headstock medallion.
In Depth
Unique Features: Neck Heel Contour, Body Contour, Fender Select Headstock Medallion, "Barrel" Switch Tip
Case/Gig Bag: Fender Select Tweed Case
Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
Control Knobs: Heavy Knurled Chrome
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Bridge Pickup: Wide Range Special Humbucking
Neck Pickup: Wide Range Special Humbucking
Pickup Configuration: H/H
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: S-1™ Switch
Bridge: American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate