Fender Custom Shop Artist Series Merle Haggard Signature Telecaster Electric Guitar 2-Color Sunburst

The Fender Merle Haggard Signature Telecaster Electric Guitar is the result of a modified Thinline Merle's ingenuity. Enhancements include a laminated top of figured maple, a set neck with a deep carved heel, an ivoroid pickguard and binding, gold hardware, and an abalone Tuff Dog Tele peghead inlay. The Merle Haggard Telecaster is armed with a Texas Special neck pickup and custom wiring of a 4-way Tele pickup switch”just the way Merle likes it. 2-color sunburst finish completes the deal. Fender includes a custom case, strap and cable ($179 value) with each Merle Haggard Artist Series Signature Telecaster.

• Maple center block, select alder wings with tone chambers, laminated, figured maple top (urethane finish)
• Figured maple neck (urethane finish)
• C-shaped profile
• Maple fingerboard (7.25" radius)
• 22 medium jumbo frets
• 2 Texas Special Tele single-coil pickups
• Master volume, master tone
• 4-position blade switch:
• 1 - bridge pickup 2-bridge and neck in parallel 3-neck pickup 4-neck and bridge in series (fatter tone than Pos. 2 and more output than 1, 2, or 3.
• Gold American Tele bridge
• Gold-plated Fender/Schaller die-cast tuning machines with white perloid buttons
• Gold-plated hardware
• 1-ply ivoroid pickguard
• 25-1'2" scale length