2007 Fender Custom Shop Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster

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Fender Custom Shop Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster
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The 2007 Fender Custom Shop Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster
Artist: Andy Summers
Band or ensemble: The Police / Andy Summers
Time gear used: 2007 - YYYY

Introduction

The prototype of this replica was built by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Dennis Galuszka over the course of a year. The guitar features the same “eccentric” modifications that the original had when Andy Summers first bought it, most of which were unchanged throughout the nonstop work and excitement of The Police years.

250 replicas were built worldwide - they came with these "extras":


Guitars were built by Dennis Galuszka, Greg Fessler and John Cruz.

Andy Summers played no. 1 of the replicas at The Police's 2007-02-11 Grammy performance.

Gear breakdown

  • Colour: (800) 3-Color Sunburst, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
  • Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
  • Neck: Quarter-Sawn Maple, “C” Shape, (Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
  • Fingerboard: Quarter-Sawn Maple, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
  • No. of frets: 21 Vintage Frets
  • Pickups: 1 Custom ‘63 Tele® Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan® SH-1N ‘59 Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, Preamp Gain
  • Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade with 2-Position Mini-Toggle Phase Switch: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

2-Position Mini-Toggle Preamp On/Off Switch ((the original preamp “died” - the Custom Shop has recreated the Police-era preamp)

  • Bridge: Strings-Thru-Body 6-Saddle Brass Bridge with Crack in the Pickup Mounting Hole
  • Machine Heads: Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
  • Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
  • Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
  • Width at Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
  • White Binding on Top & Back
  • Black Dot Position Inlays with Wide Dot Spacing
  • “C” Shape Maple Neck
  • “Top Hat” Switch Tip
  • Custom Shop Limited Edition Decal
  • Quarter-Sawn Maple Neck
  • Quarter-Sawn Maple Fingerboard
  • Cracked 6-Saddle Brass Bridge Plate
  • Brass Bridge Saddles
  • Rectangular Jack Plate
  • Control Plate Mounted Mini-Toggle Phase Reversal Switch
  • Rear-Mounted Preamp “Overdrive” Unit
  • Body Mounted Preamp On/Off Switch
  • Body Mounted Preamp Gain Control Knob
  • Strings: Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel
  • Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),P/N 073-0250-006
  • Schaller® tuners.

Quotations and trivia

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See also

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References and footnotes

sources: internet