2009 Fender Custom Shop La Cabronita Especial Telecaster Relic Limited Edition Roadshow! SOLD!
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LIMITED EDITION! Number 14 of only 20 made! In addition, this is a Roadshow model meaning that the Fender Custom Shop took this guitar "on tour". The Fender Roadshow went to various cities allowing players and dealers the opportunity to meet and ask questions with the Custom Shop builders and team members. You could special order guitars there and check out select instruments. This specific guitar was used in the Roadshow for folks to check out the new Cabronita series. You would assume Fender would only bring their best and brightest instruments out for an opportunity like this and this Tele certainly doesn't disappoint. Tele looks and feel mixed with a cool hot rod vibe, this Tele is the best of both worlds. Great quality and attention to detail as you would expect. The body is select lightweight alder for good tone. The 25.5 inch scale maple neck features a 9.5 inch radius maple fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 narrow jumbo frets. The pickups are where the real fun starts. A set of TV Jones Classics deliver killer twang. They are hooked to a 3 way pickup selector and a specially voiced S-1 switch. This S-1 switch gives you a specific rolled off tone for each pickup and reminds me of the old 60s Gretsch tone switches. Pretty cool. Sperzel tuners with pearl buttons and a six saddle, string through bridge deliver great sustain and performance. The finish is a very cool Shoreline Gold lacquer and came from the factory with the relic treatment. Cool aged look. This Cabronita delivers retro looks and powerful tones. An awesome guitar for the player or collector.
Like most Custom Shop Fenders I've had, this Cabronita plays and sounds great. The large C shaped neck is meaty and feels great. The bigger frets allow for easy bends. The neck is straight and the action is good. The pickups sound awesome. The S1 switch gives a fairly obvious roll off on the bridge and a very subtle tone on the neck. Very cool and usable. This guitar was collector owned and has seen very little play time. The frets are super clean and it looks to have seen very little use. Very nice. Comes in original hardshell case with cert and a pile of case candy.
Fender only made 20 of these Cabronita Especial in Shoreline Gold. You're almost sure to not see another anytime soon. If you're looking for a guitar somewhere between a Tele and a Gretsch, this one is for you.
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