More about Artisan Korina Telecaster®
New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the Artisan Korina Tele, which features a beautifully crafted thinline body fashioned from select korina. This light and fine-grained west African mahogany has exquisite looks and tonal qualities similar to western mahogany varieties, delivering warm, bass-friendly tone and sweetly responsive midrange. These qualities in turn complement the open, resonant tone of the two-piece semi-hollow body, which features a single f-hole and a sumptuous Aged Natural NOS lacquer finish.
Its quartersawn maple neck has a comfortable '60-style Oval "C" profile and is roasted for even more beauty and stability, topped by a compound-radius (9.5"-12") round-lam rosewood fingerboard with 21 jumbo (6100) frets and a bone nut. The Custom Shop hand-wound '50/'51 Blackguard bridge pickup is a faithful recreation of the earliest Blackguard Telecaster® pickup, with extra-large alnico 3 magnets wrapped with thinner wire to produce that sweet early-'50s Tele tone - perfectly balanced with versatility of the Custom Shop P90 neck pickup.
Other premium features include "Dual-Stack" HS Tele wiring, three-way pickup switch, single-ply brown shell pickguard, '58-'63 Tele bridge with Custom Shop RSD (Research Special Design) compensated brass saddles, vintage-style tuners, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Specs
| Model Name: | Artisan Korina Telecaster®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Aged Natural |
| Model Number: | 9236081276 |
| Series: | Artisan |
| Color: | Aged Natural |
| Body Shape: | Telecaster® |
| Body Material: | Korina |
| Body Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer with WLS Undercoat |
| Neck Material: | Roasted Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Shape: | '60s Oval "C" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (64.77 cm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Jumbo (6100) |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Headstock: | Stratocaster® Small |
| Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | Round-Laminated Rosewood |
| Position Inlays: | Vintage Clay Dot |
| Bridge Pickup: | Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard |
| Neck Pickup: | Custom Shop P90 |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Master Tone |
| Pickup Switching: | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SS |
| Bridge: | '58-'63 Tele® Bridge with Brass RSD Saddles |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo, Tortoiseshell Buttons |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Pickguard: | 4-Ply Brown Shell |
| Control Knobs: | Knurled Chrome |
| Switch Tips: | Barrel Style, Black |
| Strings: | Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) |
| Included Accessories: | Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity. |
Features and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice