Seriously? This has to be a joke

[guitfiddles]

It’s listed at sweetwater as an ash body but clearly you can see it’s the cheapest knotted up piece of pine they could possibly find. Looks like the body was sourced from Home Depot and they want $5400 for that? It’s like someone in the custom shop made a bet with his buddies to see if they could sell a $20 piece of pine for over $5K.

More info here: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleLCuRAN--fender-custom-shop-limited-edition-cunife-telecaster-custom-relic-aged-natural

 

[Nogoodnamesleft]

Nothing would surprise me.

 

[TenaciousPrawn]

The back looks like ash and has 0 knots. Did they put a knotty pine top on it?

 

[Killing Floor]

It’s limited edition and comes with a 55 point inspection.

 

[Greggorios]

While I agree that I couldn't see spending that kind of money on it I don't think its as outrageous as it may initially appear to be. Pine, with or without knots, cracks, etc. is a very popular body wood used by many makers. We're seeing it more the last few years with the scarcity and high cost of swamp ash. Fender's current Custom Shop "basic" blackguard Teles are now north of $4000. Throw in the CuNiFe pickup, the bigsby and the fancy binding and you're at $5400.

 

[tery]

You won't find one like it on every corner.

 

[Peegoo]

It’s limited edition and comes with a 55 point inspection.

That's just a little less than $100 per inspection point.

What a deal!


I can remember not that long ago if you built with knots in a guitar body you were an amateur or a cheapskate. Now it's a thing!

 

[McGoldTopp]

Mine is naughty pine…. only $4,900…

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[notmyusualuserid]

People who like that sort of thing will like that sort of thing.

 

[guitfiddles]

It’s limited edition and comes with a 55 point inspection.

 

[bobio]

Laugh on, but someone will buy that.
Would be an awfully boring place if we were all the same with the same taste in everything

 

[VillainSean]

In case anyone wants to read the specs, and then complain more about it
And then we wonder why no one hangs out here much anymore...

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition CuNiFe Telecaster Custom Relic - Aged Natural

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Ash Body, Pine Top, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Aged Natural

www.sweetwater.com

 

[ClashCityTele]

That's knot worth it...

 

[LowCaster]

The comment text says swamp ash, but the specs say « knotty pine », more accurate to the picture... Funny that it appears to be bookmatched.

 

[LowCaster]

In case anyone wants to read the specs, and then complain more about it
And then we wonder why no one hangs out here much anymore...

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition CuNiFe Telecaster Custom Relic - Aged Natural

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Ash Body, Pine Top, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Aged Natural

www.sweetwater.com

After looking at the pictures I believe that the body (back) may be swamp ash with a bookmatched knotty pine top.

 

[Buell]

It's a steal of a deal compared to the one I have listed for $8500:

 

[loco gringo]

It’s limited edition and comes with a 55 point inspection.

$100 per point, basically.

Ah shoot. @Peegoo beat me to it.

 

[rxmoore]

I can't imagine Fender selling a lot of those, but one man's treasure is another man's spectacularly hideous guitar.

It would probably get people talking, but not necessarily saying positive things.

 

[Greggorios]

After looking at the pictures I believe that the body (back) may be swamp ash with a bookmatched knotty pine top.

I think it's all pine and I don't see anything that's book-matched. More likely the copy got mixed up with the specs/description of the 2 pickup Thinline version of the same thing:

Fender Custom Shop Limited-edition Knotty CuNiFe Telecaster Relic - Aged Natural

Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar with Fully Chambered Pine Body, Figured Knotty Pine Top, Quartersawn Flame-maple Neck, Round-Lam Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Wide Range Humbucking Pickups - Aged Natural

www.sweetwater.com

 

[Vibroluxer]

I think it would look better without the black binding. Or any binding for that matter.

Pine begets working man and and a working man wouldn't put binding on that guitar. He'd be busy playing it