Fender Telecaster Custom

<p>The <a href="/facts/Fender_Telecaster/rJftp8x6">Fender Telecaster</a> Custom is a model of <a href="/facts/Electric_guitar/yNL6qSw4">electric guitar</a> made by <a href="/facts/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation/vJ3hd1x6">Fender</a>.  The Custom debuted at the 1959 <a href="/facts/NAMM/ENy017Pu">NAMM</a> Convention as a more ornate alternative to the standard Telecaster, with binding, a sunburst finish, and a rosewood fretboard option.  Following the introduction of Fender's <a href="/facts/Fender_Wide_Range/CUHT5VoV">Wide Range</a> humbucker, the Custom was redesigned, replacing the neck single-coil with the brand's new pickup (mimicking a popular modification), while adding tone and volume controls for each pickup and removing the binding.  This new version launched alongside the similar <a href="/facts/Telecaster_Deluxe/PYrgT1gA">Telecaster Deluxe</a> in 1972, and while the Custom found fans in notable players like <a href="/facts/Keith_Richards/2KfBSNAA">Keith Richards</a> and <a href="/facts/Peter_Buck/sM6wVgYx">Peter Buck</a>, neither guitar proved popular and both were discontinued in 1981.  Fender has since reissued the two models multiple times to take advantage of renewed interest in them that began in the 1990s.
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Fender Telecaster Custom open-in-new

Fender Telecaster Custom