The timeless Fender Telecaster, more popular today than ever it seems. Here available in Fenders metallic Candy Apple Red, with a beautiful Maple fingerboard.

This superb Mexican made Fender Standard Series version offers great value and vibe at a seriously tempting price.

The familiar thin headstock adds barely any weight to the neck side of the Tele, the front has a single Chrome string tree for the 2 treble strings, and the Fender logo, and TELECASTER in block letters.

The back of the headstock has 6 in line Fender branded Chrome die-cast sealed tuners, the guitars serial number and country of origin (Mexico).

The Maple neck feels beautiful, the back has a thin 'skunk' stripe of Rosewood, where the truss rod has been inserted.

The neck and fingerboard is a single piece of Maple, finished to high standards, totally smooth and polished up.

The board has large black position markers, and 21 medium jumbo frets. As supplied from the factory, they're set up perfectly as well, action here between 2-3mm across the range at the 12th fret.

The bolt-on neck joins the Alder body at the 17th fret on the bass side, 20th on the treble, so access to all 21 frets is dead easy. The back of the neck joint has a simple square Chrome plate, with 4 screws keeping everything together.

The curvy body feels quite chunky and square, the design has never changed of course, it precedes the Stratocaster, so there is no chamfering to make a comfortable playing position. That said however, Mr Fender did seem to get it right, at the guitar feels totally right played sat or standing. A design classic.

The back of the Telecaster is plain and flat, all that is there are the 6 round Chrome hole protectors where the strings are inserted.

The front is much more familiar, the long Chrome plate with rounded ends that houses the 3 way pickup selector switch, volume and tone controls, these again are big, chunky Chrome versions.

The beautifully designed scratchplate, with a long sweeping curve at the top, passing over the bridge, under the strings and then following the body shape, is 3 ply, white, black, white.

The neck pickup if that famous 'lipstick', originally made with a disused lipstick cover, whilst the bridge is a large square Chrome plate, bent up at the far end, here with 6 individual Chrome saddles, all fully adjustable for string height and intonation.

The bridge pickup is black, slanted across the strings with 6 polepieces poking though the plastic cover.

Everyone must be familiar with the telecaster sound, but if you need reminding, players like Bob Dylan, Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, Rick and Francis of Status Quo, Joe Strummer of the Clash and Bruce Springsteen are all big fans.

And with such diverse musical styles there alone, the Telecaster is a truly versatile guitar. Rock, country, blues, punk and indie are all represented.

An amazingly successful guitar, the Fender Standard Telecaster is an instrument ALL guitarists MUST have in their collection. And at this price, great value for money.

• Country of Origin Mexico
• Body Alder
• Nut width 42mm
• Neck 1 piece Maple, Modern C shape, bolt on
• Fingerboard Maple, dot inlays, 9.5" radius, 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
• Hardware Chrome
• Tuners Fender?/Ping? Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
• Bridge Standard 6Saddle StringsThruBody Bridge
• Pickups 2*Hot Standard Tele? SingleCoil Pickups
• Controls 1*volume, 1*tone, 3way selector

In Stock
All products on our website are in stock unless shown as 'Call 08452222603 To Order', this means we can deliver your order to you very quickly, subject to payment authorisation. The next dispatch date is shown against each product, and below is an indication of when you can expect your purchase.

All Guitars are Checked Before Dispatch
All Guitars go through our 12 point checking procedure to make sure that it passes our standards before shipping. This helps ensure your guitar will reach you in perfect condition. All guitars are checked against our 12 point check list and once passed, have a Guitarbitz quality control sticker attached. In addition to this we want to ensure that no harm can come to your guitar on the journey between us and you and so we have a rigorous packing procedure involving multiple protective layers. If you notice that this packaging is damaged when delivered by our courier, it is important to check the goods and if damaged, refuse the delivery and call us immediately. For your peace of mind, we have outlined the 12 point check below to show how we are passionate about your instrument.

1) Finish checked for imperfections or damage	2) Strings tuned up and tested for tone and playability	3) Neck checked for bending or humps
4)  Truss rod adjusted for correct positioning	5) Frets examined for playability	6) Bridge checked for position and hold on strings
7) Strap buttons tested for secure fitting	8) Neck joint examined	9) Machine heads turned and tested for secure grip on strings
10) Nut tested for secure fitting and correct string height	11) Switches, volume and tone controls tested for faulty connections	12) Pickups checked for responsiveness

For more details on our checking and packing procedure, please see our 12 Point Check and Packing Procedures page.

When You Will Receive your Order

Guitar accessories - strings, straps, stands, tuners and other small items
• Orders weighing less than 2kg are posted via First Class Royal Mail on the dispatch date shown.
• Orders weighing less than 2kg with a value over £30 will be sent First Class Royal Mail Recorded Delivery on the dispatch date shown.
• We cannot guarantee a delivery date for these orders, but First Class post usually takes 1-2 days.

Guitars, Amplifiers and larger items
• Orders weighing over 2kg are sent via our next working day courier service.

Interlink Express Courier Delivery
The Home Delivery Service You Have Been Waiting For. Interlink Express will provide you with a one hour delivery window so you don’t have to wait in all day for your parcel.

When Interlink Express deliver:
• You are given a one hour delivery window
• You are notified of this by email on the morning of delivery
• If not convenient you can use the email to change the delivery date

International Deliveries
We can deliver to the following European countries,
• Zone 1 - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain - £15 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 2 - Finland, Portugal and Sweden - £25 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 3 - Switzerland and Norway - £50 (excluding TAX) per order.
Please note that we can only deliver international orders to the billing address of the credit card used. These orders typically take 3-5 working days to be delivered, you can still track your orders via the Internet in the same way.