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Fender Heavy Relic Tele Black Sparkle w/ Floyd Rose John Cruz Masterbuilt - SOLD

John Cruz came to Fender in 1987, joined the Custom Shop in 1993 and became a Master Builder in 2003. Custom guitars are his passion, and he is the man behind several famous Custom Shop instruments, including the replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous “Number One” Stratocaster® guitar.

Cruz also built the limited-run Moto guitar and amp sets, worked on the ’49 Woody amp project and developed all production processes for the Rory Gallagher and Muddy Waters tribute guitars. Further, his meticulous work was essential to all aspects of the initial Custom Shop Relic guitars and basses, and he initiated the Custom Shop’s quality assurance program.


Guitar Specifications:


Masterbuilt or Teambuilt?  - Masterbuilt

Builder - JOHN CRUZ

Finish Package - Heavy Relic

Plating - Chrome

Orientation - Right Handed

Weight - 8.4 lbs


BODY -

Body Wood - GTR & Bass Alder

Body Construction - 2 Piece

Color Finish - Black Sparkle

Sort for Light Weight - No Sort

Finish - Lacquer


HARDWARE -

Bridge Assembly - Custom Assembly, Floyd Rose Tremolo with Locking Nut

Tuner Keys: Vintage Relic

Neck Plate - Vintage Relic



NECK -

Neck Assembly - Custom Neck

Fingerboard - Maple

Neck Blank - 5/4 Quarter Sawn

Face Dot - Micarta Black 6.3MM

Side Dot - Micarta Black 3/32

Fret Wire - Cut Dunlop "6100" JMB

Fingerboard Radius - 9.5"  Radius

Neck Shape - Modern "C" Shape

Neck Thickness at 1st Fret - .770"

Neck Thickness at 12th Fret - .830"

Nut - Floyd


PICKGAURD -

Style - Custom

Neck Pickup - OEM Bridge

Bridge Pickup - Duncan JB Humbucker

Pickguard - Custom Classic Tele, 3-Ply Black

Pickup Selector Switch - 3-way Lever

Volume & Tone Knobs - Volume Knob, No Tone but instead a Toggle switch as a Kill switch for both Pickups

Pots - 250K 10% Taper

 

Item #: 6944

 

Price: $7,674.00

 

 

 

 

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