NGD: Going Wild In The Woods With FCS '55 Fiesta Red Tele

Double Stop

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Finally got my dream Fiesta Red Tele. Wildwood "10" ticked all the right buttons for me: Maple Neck, Soft V Profile Neck, Single Ply 5-Hole Parchment Pick Guard, and beautifully thin nitro finish (what Wildwood calls their "Relic-Ready" finish. Now how's that for a polarizing marketing scheme 😂😂) which very subtly exposes some nice grain lines when the light hits it just right.

I think Santa Claus would really dig this guitar, too. He could justify his GAS to Mrs. Claus by saying to her, "Hey, I needed a guitar to match my suit while playing 'Jingle Bell Rock'.

  • Model: Wildwood 10 1955 Telecaster
  • Finish Color: Aged Fiesta Red
  • Aging: Relic-Ready
  • Finish Type: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Weight: 6.68 lbs.
  • Body Wood: Ash
  • Neck Wood: One-Piece of Quartersawn Maple
  • Neck Shape: '55 Soft V
  • Neck Dimensions: .880 1st - .960 12th
  • Fingerboard Radius: Exclusive Wildwood Custom 10" Radius
  • Inlays: Dots
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Width at Nut: 1.650"
  • Nut Material: Bone
  • Frets: 21 6105 Narrow-Tall
  • Pickups: 2 Josefina Hand-Wound Twisted Tele Single-Coils Wound to Wildwood Specification
  • Controls: Volume, Tone, 3-Position Switch
  • Hardware: Chrome/Nickel
  • Tuners: Vintage-Style
  • Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment

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Bucster752

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Nice! I too bought a CS '55 a few months back and it is The One. Spec is a little different but pretty much the same beast in faded copper with '55-'56 pickup set. Enjoy the new toy! 👍
 

robt57

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Semi chunky V neck 1/4 sawn gotta equal some voice/opinion/tone IME. ;)

Body color just sux, not in a bad way either...

That's one nasty weapon from where I sit...
 

Sax-son

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I love that thing and it's not a relic finish, omg. You can see that nitro shrinkage in the grain which indicates that they didn't put gobs of paint on the body. Most likely swamp ash body. The neck profile has some nice numbers to that. Just right in my opinion.
 
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