Showroom Spotlight | Fender Custom Shop 52 HS Tele NOS Nocaster Blonde
The Fender Custom Shop 52 HS Telecaster in NOS Nocaster Blonde is a guitar that captures attention the moment you see it. Designed as a tribute to one of the most iconic guitars ever made, it also honours a classic player modification. Many early 52 Telecasters had their neck pickups swapped for a humbucker to create a warmer, fuller tone, and this Custom Shop version celebrates that history while giving you a guitar built to play in the modern world.
The original 52 Telecaster set the standard for solid-body electric guitars. Its bright, clear tone and simple, reliable design made it a favourite across country, blues, and early rock. Many players of the era found that replacing the neck pickup with a humbucker gave them a broader tonal palette. The Custom Shop 52 HS Telecaster recreates that classic modification with a hand-wound Original Blackguard bridge pickup and a Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucker in the neck.
This combination gives you the iconic Tele twang in the bridge position, perfect for crisp rhythm, articulate lead lines, and sparkling single-note passages. At the same time, the neck humbucker delivers warmth and thickness, ideal for bluesy bends, creamy jazz chords, or overdriven rock tones. It’s a guitar that allows you to shift effortlessly between bright and full-bodied sounds, giving you ultimate tonal flexibility without changing instruments.
The NOS Nocaster Blonde nitro lacquer finish is more than just visually striking. Its thin application allows the ash body to resonate freely, producing a lively, open tone with natural sustain. Over time, the finish will develop subtle wear that gives the guitar character and tells your own musical story.
The 5/4 quartersawn maple neck is smooth and fast, with a 65 Strat C profile that feels comfortable in your hand whether you’re holding a chord or bending a note. The slightly larger nut width and twenty-one narrow tall frets make it easy to play both complex chords and intricate lead lines. The nine and a half inch fingerboard radius balances comfort with precision, giving you a neck that is responsive, forgiving, and fast to navigate.
The pickup configuration is designed to cover every style a player might need. The bridge pickup cuts through a mix with clear, defined attack, perfect for country, pop, and lead lines that need to sing. The neck humbucker brings a round, warm tone, softening brightness while keeping articulation intact. Switch between pickups and you have everything from sparkling clean sounds to thick, driven tones. The guitar responds dynamically to how you pick, how you touch the strings, and how you roll back the volume, so you can get a wide range of expressive nuances from one instrument.
At Peach Guitars we photograph every guitar individually, so you know exactly what you are getting. Each instrument is set up by our team before it leaves the store, ensuring it plays perfectly and sounds its best from the moment it arrives. Whether you order online or visit us in Colchester, you can buy with confidence knowing you are receiving an instrument that is ready to inspire and perform.
