The design was originally an attempt to reduce the weight of the solid-body Telecaster guitar, which had become ever heavier throughout the 1960s due to the dwindling supply of the light ash wood ...
It highlights archtop guitars such as his 1997 “Rocket Convertible ... for custom inlays on the guitar’s fretboard, bridge and pickguard: abalone, mother of pearl, ivory, tortoiseshell ...
This Fender Custom Shop edition, limited to 70 guitars, offers a two-piece select ash body boasting a premium example ... I’ll confess that the one-ply parchment pickguard looks a little odd to me, ...