Fender Richie Kotzen Telecaster (Brown Sunburst)

Overview of Fender Richie Kotzen Telecaster (Brown Sunburst)

HIGH-PERFORMANCE TELE® ELEGANCE

Versatile rock guitarist Richie Kotzen has long wowed audiences with his impeccable chops and deft Telecaster artistry. His prolific career spans from stints in Poison and Mr. Big, to solo artist and front man of The Winery Dogs, to his recent collaboration with Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith in the group Smith/Kotzen. Known for his passionate and captivating playing style, Richie has influenced countless guitar players along the way. Once available only in Japan, the elegant Richie Kotzen Telecaster guitar is now available worldwide, with features including a beautiful flame maple top on a comfortably contoured ash body, gold hardware and a distinctive combination of DiMarzio® pickups

Other premium features include a satin-finish maple neck with a large C-shaped profile, 12-radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays, three-way blade pickup switch with barrel tip, master volume control and rotary series/parallel switch, single-ply cream pickguard, gold six-saddle through-body Telecaster bridge, Gotoh sealed tuners and gold hardware.

Features

• Contoured ash body with bound flame maple top
• Maple neck with large "C" profile
• Maple fingerboard with 12" radius, 22 jumbo frets and abalone inlays
• DiMarzio® DP173 Twang King™ neck pickup and DP384 Chopper T™ bridge pickup
• Three-way pickup selector switch and rotary series/parallel switch (no tone control)
• Gold through-body Telecaster bridge

Specifications

Body

• Body Material: Ash with Flame Maple Laminated Top
• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Body Shape: Telecaster®

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
• Neck Shape: Large "C"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: Abalone Dot
• Truss Rod: Standard

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio® The Chopper T™ DP384
• Neck Pickup: Dimarzio® Twang King™ DP172G
• Controls: Master Volume, Series/Parallel Rotary Switch
• Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Configuration: SS
• Special Electronics: Series/Parallel Rotary Switch

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle String-Through-Body Tele® with Block Steel Saddles
• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Tuning Machines: Gotoh® Cast/Sealed
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Cream
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome Gold
• Switch Tip: Black
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
• Other Features: Bound body top, rear belly cut, top body contour, Richie Kotzen signature on front of headstock