Fender Custom CuNiFe Blackguard Telecaster w/Bigsby Heavy Relic - ABTB

Developed by Seth Lover, who joined Fender in 1971, the "CuNiFe" pickup features a two-coil humbucking design that uses 12 cunife screws connected on the bottom by a steel plate. CuNiFe is an alloy named for its three constituent metals — Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni) and Iron (Fe) — and in instrument pickups it produces a distinctive "Hi-Fi" sound with rich bass and clear treble, and they never lose their attack or definition when pushed. We used samples of the original magnets to develop these pickups over a two-year period, and we’ve brought the material back exactly as it was 40 years ago.

The two-piece sort for lightweight Ash body wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish. The tinted Rift Sawn maple neck features a Mid 60's Oval "C" back-shape and a rolled edges maple fingerboard with a 9.5” radius and 21 Narrow Tall frets.

Fender Custom Hand-Wound 50-51 Blackguard Telecaster Single Coil (bridge) and Wide Range CuNiFe (neck) pickups feature three-way switching and Dual-Stack HS Tele wiring.