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FENDER CS LTD ARTISAN KOA TELE CABALLO TONO

Description

The latest addition to the highly acclaimed Custom Shop Artisan Series, the Custom Shop Limited Edition Artisan Telecaster Caballo Tono Ligero Koa is a tastefully elegant instrument with sophisticated style and deep rich tone. Artistically crafted from exotic tonewoods selected for their sound and visual appeal, this lightweight guitar is a marvelously refined take on Fender’s classic workhorse instrument. The Artisan Tele Caballo Tono Ligero Koa is all about tone—it's right there in the name.

A hand-wound Custom Shop ’51 Nocaster pickup in the bridge position accurately reproduces the classic twang and shimmer of a Tele, with tight low end, clear, balanced midrange and even string response. In the neck position, a TV Jones Classic offers authentic growl and grind, granting this guitar a little extra firepower under the hood, making it a versatile tonal thoroughbred.

The reversed control plate makes it easier to quickly access the volume and tone controls for expressive steel-inspired swells, while the electronics have been selected to bring out the pure tone of the pickups. The Custom Shop’s Research Special Division carefully designed the bridge, creating a lower side profile for increased playing comfort and redesigning the brass saddles for enhanced intonation.

With its 1963 “C”-shaped profile and modern 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard, the 21-fret one-piece AAA birdseye maple neck is perfect for all playing styles, offering speed and comfort along the entire length. The lacquer-finished Thinline body is crafted from Tasmanian Blackwood, a tone wood known for its impressively figured grain and warm, rich tone, similar to rosewood.

This stunning body is capped with a bound AAA koa top, adding a note of crispness and definition to the guitar’s sonorous voice. Other aesthetic appointments include chrome hardware, Sperzel die-cast tuning machines with white pearloid buttons, one-ply gold anodized pickguard and knurled dome control knobs.

The Limited Edition Artisan Tele Caballo Tono Ligero – Koa is the ideal instrument for players who appreciate classic Fender design matched with beautiful tone and elegant wood—a dream guitar from the Dream Factory.

Includes an engraved Limited Edition neck plate, Certificate of Authenticity and deluxe hardshell case.
Features
Body
Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Koa
Body wood: Blackwood
Body finish: Lacquer
Orientation: Right handed
Neck
Neck shape: 1963 C
Neck wood: 1-Piece AAA Birdseye Maple
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5 in.
Truss rod: Dual-action
Neck finish: Lacquer
Fretboard
Material: Rosewood
Radius: 9.5 in.
Fret size: 6105 narrow jumbo
Number of frets: 21
Inlays: Dot
Nut width: 1.65 in. (42 mm)
Pickups
Configuration: SS
Neck: TV Jones classic
Middle: Not applicable
Bridge: Handwound '51 Nocaster
Brand: Fender Custom shop
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: Caballo Tono With 250/500k Stacked Volume Control
Controls
Control layout: Master volume, tone
Pickup switch: 3-way
Coil tap or split: No
Kill switch: No
Hardware
Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: RSD Telecaster
Tailpiece: Not applicable
Tuning machines: Deluxe sealed
Color: Chrome
Other
Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Electronics
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: Strap, certificate of authenticity
Country of origin: United States