Need help identifying a guitar.

[ogsix]

I recently picked up this telecaster used for a really great price. Says Fender USA Custom Shop, but I'm not an expert and something tells me that it might be made from various parts. Any help would be appreciated.

[Chankgeez]

I'm no Fender expert.

Got more photos? Neck plate? Do you know what kind of wood the body's made of?

[ogsix]

not sure what the wood is but it is HEAVY. The pick guard looks like it may be aftermarket. No S/N on the headstock or neck plate. I suppose I am going to have to take it apart to find out?

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, I don't know.

This one looks similar to yours:

http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/948/ ... lder-Body/



Obviously, I don't think your body's Alder.

This one's similar too, although with more modern design tuners:

http://jelyfingerguitars.com/shop/sold/ ... aple-neck/



They seem to have those Custom Shop neck plates.

[Mudfuzz]

Looks like a mahogany body… have you taken the neck off to see if the body is stamped?

[doctorpoopenstein420]

My buddy who lurks and is a former Fender employee saw this and told me this: "yo that body may be legit, you'll have to take it apart to see for sure. But that neck is a fake or squier, you can tell because it has no walnut plug by the truss rod cavity - and all fender neck's have a walnut plug if they're legit"

Look at the truss rod on the second tele posted.

[GuitarSlim101]

I don't know what it is, but the grain on that body is lovely.

[backwardsvoyager]

the fretboard at the neck heel is also overhanging and sharply squared off which doesn't make sense on a 22 fret fender, so that neck is almost certainly fake.
the body looks awesome but i can see a weird little gap between the pickguard and control plate (it's usually completely flush), and it's strange that the 2 pieces of wood making it up don't seem to be very closely matched, fender custom shop stuff is usually very detailed in those aspects so i wouldn't hold out much hope for that either..

[rfurtkamp]

Email Fender customer support with the serial.

They'll tell you what the neck originally shipped on, at minimum.

Chances are bogus, there are so many CS fakes out there.

[popvulture]

Dual string tree seems unusual for a CS as well, no?