Fender 2017 Limited Edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster

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Fender 2017 Limited Edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster

This is a Fender 2017 Limited Edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster.  This is an extremely limited edition guitar. Only 1000 World Wide and only 300 of those available in the US. From a legendary guitar player, a legendary guitar: The George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster®. Admired for his inspiring playing ability and songwriting prowess, George Harrison reigns as one of the premier icons in music history. This limited-edition Tele®, based on the guitar created exclusively for Harrison by Roger Rossmeisel in 1967, embodies George's elegantly restrained playing style and sound.

 

ONE OF FENDER’S MOST UNIQUE CREATIONS, THE ROSEWOOD TELECASTER ENTERED THE REALM OF PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF GEORGE HARRISON IN THE LATE 1960S.

As the story goes, Fender planned to introduce an all-rosewood Telecaster to its wide range of offerings. Who better to play the prototype than Harrison? After he received the gift in 1968, the Rosewood Telecaster quickly became an iconic instrument, as it was used it in the film Let It Be, during the Beatles’ Abbey Road recording sessions and even in the Beatles’ iconic final public performance on the rooftop of the Apple Corps headquarters. Now, it is available in Fender’s new limited-edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, a commemoration of Harrison’s legacy. Based on the original that was built by luthier Roger Rossmeisl, this model boasts a chambered rosewood body, a rosewood neck and fingerboard, and a custom neck plate engraved with an Om symbol. Admired for his inspiring playing ability and songwriting prowess, George Harrison reigns as one of the premier icons in music history. To honor Harrison's venerable career, we created the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, a limited edition commemoration that embodies George's elegantly restrained playing style and sound.

 

FEATURES

• Lightweight chambered rosewood body
• Mid-'60s "C"-shaped rosewood neck; 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard
• Two American Vintage '64 gray-bottom single-coil Telecaster pickups
• Custom "Om" logo neck plate
• Includes hardshell case

CHAMBERED ROSEWOOD BODY

• A variation on the original 1968 design, this rosewood Tele has a chambered body to reduce weight and add resonance.

ROSEWOOD NECK AND FINGERBOARD

• This guitar features a rosewood neck, topped with a laminated 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard and pearloid dots.

AMERICAN VINTAGE '64 PICKUPS

• These vintage-accurate single-coil Telecaster pickups offer hot, crystal-clear Tele twang.

CUSTOM NECK PLATE

• The neck plate bears a custom-stamped George Harrison "Om" logo.

MODERN PLAYABILITY

• The 9.5"-radius rosewood fingerboard, topped with medium frets, makes precision soloing and chord playing easy across the entire neck.