Fender Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster Review

Select Series models offer luxury appointments with top notch craftsmanship and materials. On some models, as here is the case, exotic tonewoods are used to add more texture and variety to the tonal range. Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster is a sold single cutaway model with a body made of empress back and koa top. The top is carved and features white binding without a pickguard. Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster is available in sienna edge burst with gloss lacquer finish. The bridge is American Tele with New American Standard bent steel saddles and stamped brass plate. The bridge is plated in nickel and chrome. The pickups are two Fender Select Tele single coil pickups placed in the standard slanted bridge and regular neck positions. The controls department is made up of master volume, master tone and three-position blade pickup switch. The neck is made of flamed maple and features a modern C contour with a bolt on joint. It is finished in urethane satin. The fingerboard is made of rosewood and equipped with 22 medium jumbo frets with dot inlays. Fingerboard radius is compound and and stretches from 9.50 to 14 inches, synthetic bone nut is 1.685" wide and the scale measures standard 25-1/2" in length. The MSRP for Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster is set at $3,499.99.