Fender Telecaster American Nashville B-Bender Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (2010), made in Corona, CA, serial # US10213934, black polyester finish, ash body, maple neck, original tweed hard shell case.
This guitar is a 15-year old example of Fender's American-made Nashville B-Bender Telecaster, originally available from 2010-2015. It represents the ultimate "country" evolution of the venerable Telecaster, with the integral Parsons-Green B string bender (a modernized version of the original as used by Clarence White) and a third Stratocaster pickup in the center position for the out-of- phase sounds so beloved of Nashville players since the 1980s.
The pickups are American Standard Single-Coil Tele units with a Custom Shop Texas Special Single-Coil Strat in the middle position. These are set up with standard Strat 5-Position pickup switching and the traditional Telecaster master volume and tone knobs. The maple fingerboard neck has a 9.5" radius with a satin urethane finish and medium jumbo fretwire. The body is finished in black with a snazzy pearloid pickguard.
Fender's own description reads: "The sweetly plaintive sound of pedal steel guitar from a time-honored special Telecaster design. For the guitarist who yearns to pour beguiling country expressiveness into every lonesome, heart-tugging note, the inventive design and classic style of the U.S.-made American Nashville B-Bender Telecaster has no equal. A wonderfully moving sound from a truly distinctive Tele model"
We don't get a lot of B-Bender Telecasters through and this one is fairly heavy but certainly a lot of fun to play, a truly unique instrument and one that "Does the thing it does" better than anything else!
Overall length is 38 3/4 in. (98.4 cm.), 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.)., 9.56 lbs.
This guitar shows some use over the last 15 years with small dings and scuffs overall and one larger chip off the front body edge by the lower horn. It plays very nicely and sounds exactly as it should, in the original vintage styled tweed case with some requisite paperwork. Overall Excellent Condition.
