Valhalla '52/'56 T Hybrid Relic 'Fairlane'

Project: Fender® '52 Telecaster® and Fender® '56 Telecaster® Vintage White

Manufacturer: Valhalla GCS

Guitar Builder: Wojtek Osojca

Year: 2014

Serial: 04201405

This Limited Edition ‘Valhalla '52/'56 T Hybrid Relic – Fairlane’ is a result of a collaboration between The Valhalla Guitar Custom Shop and Ben Lindsey Madisons Music LLC (USA). This guitar has been crafted based on the original specifications Fender® '52 Telecaster® and Fender® '56 Telecaster® Vintage White. ...All hardware vintage (original one) or a beautiful relic.

'Crystal Clear' Boutique Telecaster® '50 Pickups (Alnico 5, NOS).

Hand-wound by Ben Lindsey for Valhalla GCS.

The CC Telecaster '50 are scatter wound offering all the traditional vintage tone and clarity but without the noise!The pickups are extremely well matched, without the usual drop in volume when switching to the neck pickup. The bridge pickup sound is bright without being shrill. The neck pickup is fat and warm without being muddy. Those pickups have smooth attack, glassy warmth with full sweet sustain. A classic 50's style sound with a classy bell tone.

SPECIFICATION:

Body Material: 2 Piece Adler ('56 Styled)

Body Color: Vintage White (yellowed), Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck: Solid Maple, '52 Styled 'U' Shape (Super Fat Baseball Bat Profile, Chunky), Thickness .97" at 1 Fret, 1.0" at 12 Fret, Tinted Thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Fretboard: Solid Maple, 9.5" Radius (modifications), Replica Black Clay Dots

Frets: 21 Tall Frets, Fretwire = LT 0465-000, width 2 mm x 1.3 mm height, Vintage

Truss Rod: Adjustment at Heel

Tuning Keys: Vintage Kluson®, Single Line, Silver

Bridge: Vintage Fender® Telecaster® Bridge (Fender Pat.) with Brass Saddles

Pickups: 'Crystal Clear' Boutique Telecaster® '50 – Alnico 5 (6.0 kΩ B, 7.2 kΩ N), Flat Pole, NOS

Wiring: CTS® 2 x 250K, .1uF Miflex 1975

Pickguard: Vintage 1-Ply Black Bakelite, 5 Fastening Screws

Decoration: Vintage (original) Car Emblem '63 Ford Fairlane