Fender Special Edition Artist Series Joe Strummer Road Worn Telecaster With Case

SPECIAL EDITION JOE STRUMMER ROAD WORN TELECASTER

As front man and main songwriter of legendary punk band, The Clash, Joe Strummer created a fiery, passion-filled brand of up-tempo punk-rock that catapulted the band into rock and roll history. Strummer’s rebellious musical sensibilities injected the band’s songs with the lightning-in-a-bottle political urgency of the era.

To capture the vibe of Joe’s well-worn ’66 model, the Joe Strummer Telecaster® features a Road Worn® lacquer-finished Alder body, a mid-‘60s “C”-shape maple neck with 7.25” radius Rosewood fingerboard and a set of custom-voiced Joe Strummer Telecaster® pickups. Other features include a vintage-style 6-saddle Telecaster® bridge, era-correct 3-ply parchment pickguard, vintage-style tuning machines and a custom neck plate, all featuring Fender’s Road Worn® finish to complete the look.

Fender released this guitar in 2022 to much fanfare, but in low numbers - only 1000 were made for the world.  Only a handful were made available for this territory.  We got the first one and had it pre-sold before it landed.  Now, to kick off 2023, we were able to score another from Fender - and we're sure it will go quickly as well! 

Product Specs

General

SERIES: Artist
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Black over 3-Color Sunburst
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: MX

Neck

HEADSTOCK: Telecaster®
NECK MATERIAL: Maple
NECK FINISH: Road Worn® Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 60s "C"
NECK CONSTRUCTION: 4-Bolt
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Slab Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: White Pearloid Dot
SIDE DOTS: White
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (648 mm)
FRET SIZE: Vintage

Body

BODY: Alder
BODY FINISH: Road Worn® Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Telecaster®
BODY MATERIAL: Alder

Hardware

BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele®
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Parchment
PICKUP COVERS: Neck: Aged Chrome; Bridge: Black
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Flat-Top
SWITCH TIP: Barrel Style, Black
HARDWARE FINISH: Aged Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Fender® Vintage-Style
STRING TREES: Dual-Wing
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage-Style

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Joe Strummer Single-Coil Tele®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Joe Strummer Single-Coil Tele®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
SWITCHING: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Miscellaneous

COMMODITY CODE: 9207901000
STYLE: 2 Single-Coil

Model# : 0143900796