Description
Description & Specifications
1952 Fender Telecaster – Blond
We present an all original 1952 Fender Telecaster in its original Blond finish. Made in Fullerton, California.
This beautiful 1952 Fender Telecaster was purchased in the 1980s from its previous owner. Overall, it is in incredibly clean condition, with only extremely minor playwear such as a few small nicks, dings, and a dark spot on the back from decades of storage. This is truly one of the cleanest Blackguards we’ve ever had.
The guitar features a solid ash body and a uniquely grained maple neck with black dot position markers. Single “round” string tree. The headstock decal features the silver “Fender” spaghetti logo with “Telecaster” in black below. It has original individual “no-name” Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons and slot-head screws. The tuners are in perfect working order and are stamped “235677 / PAT. APPLD.” The single-ply black Bakelite pickguard is secured with five slot-head screws.
The pickups are great-sounding and well-balanced: a “black-bottom” bridge pickup with slot-head height screws, and a black six-polepiece neck pickup with a copper-coated metal plate bottom and flush polepieces.
Controls include one volume knob, one blender knob, and a three-way “tone” switch (with slot-head screws), along with the original black plastic “barrel-style” tip. The guitar features shorter chrome knobs with more pronounced domes and heavy knurled sides. The combined bridge/tailpiece has three flat-ground brass saddles and slot-head intonation screws. The serial number is stamped on the bridge plate beneath the words “FENDER / PAT. PEND.” The three-way switch is stamped “CRL 1452.”
The original Butterscotch finish has aged to a beautiful creamy color. The lovely grain of the ash body shows clearly through the Blond finish, and at 71 years old, this Fender Telecaster is quite simply one of the most special 1952 Telecasters we’ve ever owned.
This incredible guitar is 100% original throughout – just like it left the Fullerton factory back in 1952.
The pickups and electronics wiring remain untouched and intact — no broken solder joints, no rewound pickups. All original and correct.
Comes with its original “thermometer” case with chocolate brown plush lining.
