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Custom Shop Prestige

Box Top Telecaster

2021 / Fender Showcase  / Todd Krause

Model# 921-6088-860

Color:Faded Honey Burst

BODY

Wood: 2-Piece Select Alder

Top Cap: 4A Birdseye Maple

Lacquer: Urethane

Shape: Standard Telecaster

Pickguard:  3-Ply Black

Serial: R104948 / Neckplate

NECK

Wood: 3A Roasted Flame Maple

Decal: Fender Gold Spaghetti  Black Trim  + Telecaster

Fretboard: 3A Roasted Flame Maple

Neck Lacquer: Gloss Urethane

Headstock: Standard Tele

Neck Profile: 1960 Oval “C”

Inlay Fretboard: Black Micarta Dot 0,25”

Side Dots: Black Micarta Dot

Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm)

Nut Material Bone: 

Scale: 25.5”

Radius: 7.25”

#Frets: 21

Fretwire: 6105 Narrow Tall

Trussrod: Heel Adjust Slotted

HARDWARE (GOLD)

Bridge: Gold RSD 3-Saddle String-Thru

Bridge Markings: “RSD”

Saddles: RSD Compensated Polished Brass Barrels

Tuners: Gold Pure Vintage SD91 Vintage Tuners Single-Line

String Tree: Gold 50’s Round Button

Knobs: Gold Knurled Dome

Neckplate: Gold 4-Bolt - Blank Plate + Serial

Control Plate: Gold Standard Layout

ELECTRONIC

Switch: 3-Way / Top Hat Switch Tip

Wiring:  Modern Standard N/NB/B

Pots: Master Volume 250k / Master Tone 250k

Pickup Config: SS

Neck Pickup: Josefina HW ’55/’56 Single Coil

Bridge Pickup: Josefina HW OriginalBlackguard Single Coil

MASTERBUILDER: Todd Krause

WEIGHT: ?

CASE: Deluxe Hardshell Case

PRICE: Unknown

Acquired By: Huber Breese Music in Fraser, MI.

INFO:

Todd Krause's Box Top Tele is inspired by the construction of an amplifier cabinet. The maple top is inset into the body of the guitar with a box joint, which is a personal highlight for Krause and a technique not often employed in guitar building. The contrasting woods give the appearance of checkered binding, the light honey color shows off the joint and the AAAA Birdseye top. Despite its unique appearance, Krause's Telecaster still features traditional specs. Someone seeking a different look which delivers a familiar feel, playability and tone of a Telecaster will find this guitar compelling. Pickups are Josefina hand-wound "OBG" in the bridge and '55/'56 Tele in the neck.