DISC Fender Custom Shop Danny Gatton Signature Telecaster, Frost Gold

Full Description

Artist Signature Series by Fender

The world's greatest artists have come to Fender Custom Shop for decades in search of their perfect instruments. Artfully crafting meticulous replicas using the same techniques and toolings used to create the originals, Fender offers the same artist instruments to you, built in the same shop by the same skilled craftsmen.

Premium Features of the Fender Custom Shop Danny Gatton Signature

The Custom Shop Danny Gatton Signature Telecaster is equipped with two Fender Custom Designed pickups - designed by Bill Lawrence and based on the original specs of Gatton's personal instrument. Other premium features include cubic zirconia side position markers, a custom tone circuit, a unique barrel switch tip with a bent shaft, Danny Gatton's signature on the headstock and a 4-bolt serialized neck plate.

This signature model comes complete with a stunning frost gold and nitrocellulose lacquer body finish, a range of Custom Shop accessories, a vintage tweed case and a Custom Shop certificate of authenticity.

Unrivaled Quality and Craftsmanship

Since 1987, the skilled craftsmen in Fender's Corona, California ''dream factory'' have been producing guitars that are known worldwide for their artistry and unrivaled quality. Ranging from the fine to the fantastic, whether it's building a new custom instrument from the ground up or modifying an existing one, their best is the best. These wonderful instruments have been crafted for and with the input of the world's finest guitarists such as Clapton, Springsteen, Cray, Gilmour, Townshend, Wilko Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to name just a few.

The History of the Telecaster

The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the Telecaster. An indispensable instrument, the Telecaster was the world's first successful solid-body electric guitar. Perfected after two years of development - and a name change or two - the Telecaster debuted in February 1951 and began its steady ascent towards the stage and studio. Ingeniously engineered with the ability to be heard both loud and clear, it was a marvel of simple design elegance and workhorse functionality. It is perhaps fitting testimony to its essential original rightness that the Telecaster design has hardly changed ever since.

Specifications

• Model Name: Danny Gatton Signature Telecaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Frost Gold
• Model Number: 0108700879
• Series: Artist
• Colour: Frost Gold

Body & Bridge

• Body Material: Select Ash
• Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape: Telecaster®
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage String-Through with Compensated Brass Saddles

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Neck Shape: Custom '50s ''U''
• Scale Length: 25.5'' (648mm)
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5'' (241mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Vintage
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650'' (42mm)
• Position Inlays: Cubic Zirconia
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Serialized

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Fender Custom Designed
• Neck Pickup: Fender Custom Designed
• Controls:
  • Master Tone
  • Master Volume
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade
  • Position 1: Bridge Pickup
  • Position 2: Bridge and Neck Pickups
  • Position 3: Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Vintage
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
• Pickguard: 1-Ply White

Included Accessories

• Vintage Tweed Case
• Strap
• Cable
• Custom Shop Picks
• Polishing Cloth
• Certificate of Authenticity