Fender Empress Telecaster VWT Limited

On its 1951 introduction, the Telecaster was a revolutionary instrument that would usher in whole new eras of musical innovation and excitement. Sixty years later, in 2011, it is an archetypal electric guitar with a long and storied history. The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the Telecaster, and we’re celebrating its 60th anniversary all year with 12 very special “Tele-bration” models that stay inside the Telecaster’s famously elegant lines while offering the finest and most unusual takes on the instrument’s past, present and future.

Ancient mythology holds that the fabled Phoenix bird will only land amid the branches of the Empress tree when a good ruler is in power. Lightweight Empress wood has long been used in the Far East for traditional stringed instruments (such as the Japanese koto and Korean gayageum zithers). The tree eventually found its way to the Southeastern United States, from which comes this amazing new super-lightweight Telecaster model.

General

Model Name: Empress Telecaster®
Series: Tele®-bration
Color / Part #:
Vintage White

Body

Body Material: Empress (Blauglockenbaum)
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Body Finish:
Gloss Urethane
Neck

Neck Shape: moderne "C" Form
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Jumbo medium
Position Inlays: schwarze Punktpositionseinlagen
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.13 cm)
Fretboard: Ahorn
Neck Material: Ahorn
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Front, Satin Urethane Back
Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Neck Plate: 60th Anniversary 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™
Truss Rods: Bi-Flex Truss Rod-System
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" Mutter (American Series)
Electronics

Pickup Configuration: S/S
Bridge Pickup: Hot Tele® Single-Coil Steg-Pickup mit Alnico 3 Magneten
Neck Pickup: Hot Tele® Single-Coil Hals-Pickup mit Alnico 3 Magneten
Pickup Switching: 3-Weg Klingenschalter: Position 1. Steg-Pickup, Position 2. Steg- und Hals-Pickups, Position 3. Hals-Pickup
Special Electronics: Greasebucket™ Klangschaltung
Controls: Master Volume, Master Greasebucket™ Klangschaltung (bedämpft Höhen ohne Bässe zu verstärken)
Hardware

Hardware Finish: Chrom
Bridge: Vintage Style Tele® Steg mit 3 Saitenreitern und durch den Korpus geführten Saiten
String Nut: Sattel aus synthetischem Knochen
Switch Tips: zylinderförmige Schalterkappe
Tools

Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8" Inbusschlüssel
Miscellaneous

Strings: Fender® USA 250L, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
Accessories

Case Gig Bags: Hi-Tech Molded SKB Case
Included Accessories: Cable, Strap, Polishing Cloth
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome

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Case