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Description

The Fender Custom Shop Baritone Telecaster is a remarkable fusion of classic design and modern innovation, tailored specifically for musicians seeking a distinct tonal range. Crafted by the renowned artisans at Fender's Custom Shop, this baritone guitar extends the versatility of the iconic Telecaster design. With its elongated scale length, it delivers a deeper, richer sound that resonates with clarity and power, perfect for genres ranging from surf rock to heavy metal.

The Baritone Telecaster features custom-wound pickups that offer a diverse tonal palette, enabling players to achieve both smooth, warm tones and bright, cutting leads. Its solid body construction ensures durability and enhances sustain, providing musicians with a reliable instrument for both studio sessions and live performances. The guitar's neck is designed for comfortable playability, allowing for effortless transitions across the fretboard.

Whether you're exploring new sonic territories or adding depth to your music, the Fender Custom Shop Baritone Telecaster offers a robust platform to elevate your craft.

Key Features:

  • Custom-wound pickups for a wide range of tonal options
  • Extended scale length for deeper tuning capabilities
  • Solid body construction for enhanced sustain
  • Comfortable neck design for easy playability
  • Crafted by Fender's renowned Custom Shop artisans
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See how David Gilmour uses Fender Custom Shop Baritone Telecaster

David Gilmour

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Used on The Endless River, as mentioned by guitar tech Phil Taylor in this February 10, 2015 Music Radar interview about the contents of Astoria.

“David has a 1963 Fender Bass VI. It’s strung relatively light for a baritone. But it’s still a 30-inch scale, so I thought I’d get him a new one made. I wanted it to be more like a guitar, shorter scale, but it also had to have a vibrato on it. I talked to Fender, and they made two."

They have a 27-inch scale, so between a guitar and a bass. You can put lighter strings on these, it feels very nice. But I had to change a few things - I put a Vibramate String Spoiler on the back-end of the Bigsby and replaced the electronics with Callaham Cryo electronics. I wanted to get as much detail out of the strings as possible.

“The strings were unbalanced on the regular Fender Tele pickups, so I got Ron Ellis to make some custom baritone pickups. I was very pleased, thought it was marvellous. But it sat here for a year before David even picked it up!

"Only for The Endless River, was it played. We were here with (co-producer) Youth, who said David maybe needed a more baritone sound. David shrugged and says, ‘Okay... have I got a baritone?’ Finally, he played it.”

In 2019, the guitar was auctioned off for $68,750 as part of Christie's The David Gilmour Guitar Collection auction with the following item description:

FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, CORONA, 2010 A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER CUSTOM BARITONE At the peghead Fender TELECASTER, the reverse with logo Custom Shop, the finish black with white binding, in original hardshell case bearing a label inscribed FENDER BARITONE TELE #1 NO S/N; accompanied by a color photograph by Phil Taylor of David Gilmour playing this guitar in his East Sussex studio circa April 2014 Length of back 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)

This guitar was custom-made for David Gilmour by Fender Custom Shop in 2010 and kept primarily for studio use. A baritone guitar incorporates a longer scale length than a normal guitar and is tuned either in a perfect 4th (B, E, A, D, F#, B) or perfect 5th lower (A, D, G, C, E, A) than a standard guitar tuning. This allows for deeper voicing than typically heard with guitar performance. Gilmour’s guitar technician Phil Taylor liaised with Fender to build a baritone on a shorter scale than his 1963 Fender Bass VI (lot 30). The resulting guitar has a 27-inch scale, placing it between an electric and bass guitar in terms of size. It was further modified with a Vibramate String Spoiler and custom baritone pickups, and the electronics replaced with Callaham Cryo electronics. At the suggestion of album co-producer Youth, Gilmour used the baritone guitar during recording of Pink Floyd’s fifteenth studio album The Endless River, notably on the track It’s What We Do. Material from the 1993 recording sessions for The Division Bell was revisited and reworked with 21st Century digital technology and supplemented with new material recorded between 2013 and 2014 at Gilmour’s Astoria houseboat studio. Released in November 2014 as a tribute to keyboardist Richard Wright, who had passed away in 2008, the predominantly instrumental album debuted at number one in the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, and Canada. The guitar was subsequently enlisted for performances of Run Like Hell during Gilmour’s Rattle That Lock Tour from 12th September 2015, played by longtime Pink Floyd collaborator Jon Carin during the first three legs of the tour and thereafter by Chester Kamen for the final two legs through to 30th September 2016.

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