The Fender Select Telecaster elevates Fender's very first guitar model to the epitome of elegant style and formidable sonic substance, with a stunning Violin Burst gloss-lacquer finish and natural binding on a resonant honeycomb-chambered ash body with a solid flame maple top. Its modern “C?shaped birdseye maple neck has a comfortable contoured heel, Bi-Flex? truss rod system for rock-solid stability, a satin lacquer back finish and rear-headstock “Fender Select?medallion. The smooth-playing compound radius birdseye maple fretboard (9.5?14? has 22 medium jumbo frets, stylish black pearloid position inlays and a gloss lacquer finish. Crisp, clear signature sound comes from new Fender Select Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-way switching and a no-load tone control that delivers the natural uncolored sound of the bridge pickup when dimed.