Fender "White Chicken", a White-Falconed Tele...

avj · Post by **avj** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:44 am

I came across this a few hours ago, direct from a Fender employee; it's a one-off Custom Shop deal, not production. I think it looks pretty sweet.

Fender "White Chicken"

I grabbed one and uploaded it to the SS uploader so as not to steal the fellow's bandwidth, but obviously the photo credit is his.

He has a bunch of other cool shots of Custom Shop work scattered throughout the other posts as well.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:12 am

Yeah nice, works for me, I normally hate gold hardware.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:14 am

No thank you.
But I bet a lot of people will like that.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:24 am

Pretty much ace stuff. I think I may have cut back on the knobs a bit as it veers towards over crowded on the lower half but very swish. Also like the 12 string tele with the orange comp stripe.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:37 am

If it has the carved 1-piece body like the Custom Shop Nashville one-off from a few years back, I'm sure it will be a stunner to play as well.

Don't want to hijack this thread, but there have been a lot of gold hardware-clad custom jobbers out this year that ooze glorious amounts of schmoooze.

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paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:40 am

Do you mean this one, Ultra? I think it may have been you who originally posted this. Man oh man, I really love this pic, I swoon to it semi-anually:

The "chicken" is a clever touch on the white one.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:43 am

what's he knob on the horn do? anyhoo, aesthically, i dig it.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:44 am

well, with half the gold

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:22 am

gaybear wrote:what's he knob on the horn do? anyhoo, aesthically, i dig it.

Pretty sure it's master volume.

2-vol, 1 tone in the back.

And yeah, Paul posted the lovely CS Tele I was referring to, though I remember a shot taken in brighter lighting [/splitting hairs]

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:45 am

I don't like the relief'd body but it's a stunning guitar. Too garish for me to play but love the concept.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:02 am

Love them !! Wish it was production.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:38 am

i'd definitely have a pop at that.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:45 pm

didn't Ultratwin have a tele done like a gretsch anniversary (two tone green). that was a sweet Tele Gretsch mashup.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:02 pm

dezb1 wrote:didn't Ultratwin have a tele done like a gretsch anniversary (two tone green). that was a sweet Tele Gretsch mashup.

Yes and it's the best Tele ever....! Massively jealous.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:04 pm

Thom wrote:
dezb1 wrote:didn't Ultratwin have a tele done like a gretsch anniversary (two tone green). that was a sweet Tele Gretsch mashup.
Yes and it's the best Tele ever....! Massively jealous.

+1

deeeeelicious.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:09 pm

In fact....

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mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:19 pm

All the gold on the guitar in the OP is giving me a stomach ache.

avj · Post by **avj** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:48 pm

Like many folks, I'm not a huge fan of gold hardwareâ€”but in the context of recreating the look of a White Falcon on the Tele platform, it's amazing.

Gretsch just really does gold right, and I think a lot of why I feel they're so lovely has to do with texture. Instead of a bunch of wide, flat, shiny boring runs of gold, there are multiple shades and textures in play.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:03 pm

Thom wrote:In fact....

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thats the one just needs the correct shade pick guard.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:44 pm

Now that green one! That's a looker!
I'd play that one.