Well I have been looking for a Tele for a few weeks now. I found a Fender Custom Shop Custom Deluxe Telecaster at the local dealer that really played well for me, and sounded bettter than the rest I have tried. So after thinking about it for the past week, I finallly went ahead and picked it up.
The hand written hang tag from Fender says it is a model 923-1000-582 in Violin Burst. Serial Number R49XXX. The Certificate that came with it says it was made in August of 2009. The cardboard box it came in lists it as a "Custom Deluxe Telecaster NOS '57 Soft V Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard".
Well when I tried to look it up on the custom shop website (
http://www.fender.com/customshop/ins...tno=1509800831) to get some specs and I can't find this model at all. The Custom Deluxe Telecasters on the website show the model number starting with 150-9800 and I can't find any guitars on the website that list violin burst as a color option.
Is it common for the Custom shop to do non-standard colors and necks on one of their "regular" guitar models? If it helps, the neck has the birdseye grain in the maple part. I love the guitar and really just want to find the specs on it. Anyone ever emailed the Custom shop? Maybe they could give me history on this build? Thanks.