Fender Cunife Tele Custom Amber Relic

Fender Cunife Tele Custom Amber Relic review

The Fender Cunife Tele Custom Amber Relic is a U.S.-made, 2022 Custom Shop electric guitar with a Tele Custom layout and an amber natural finish. Its specification pairs a handwound Texas Special bridge pickup with a CuNiFe Widerange humbucker in the neck position. A Bigsby B-5 vibrato bridge, roasted woods, and a rosewood fingerboard set it apart from a basic fixed-bridge Tele-style build. No customer reviews are available for this model, so this assessment is based solely on the listed specifications.

Body, neck, and fingerboard

The body is made from roasted pine, with a spruce top listed in the general specifications. The more detailed product information identifies the body as roasted pine but does not explain the spruce top's construction or dimensions. That distinction matters: the available data supports the presence of both materials, but it does not establish how the top is joined to the body or how much of the finished face it covers.

The roasted AA bird's-eye maple neck has a 1960s oval "C" profile. Fender lists a 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard, identified as Dalbergia latifolia. The neck has 21 narrow-tall frets, a bone nut, and a 648 mm scale, equivalent to the familiar 25.5-inch scale length. These dimensions provide a clear picture of the neck specification, although the listed information does not give nut width, fret size measurements, or setup details.

Pickups and controls

The pickup arrangement is single-coil at the bridge and humbucker at the neck. At the bridge, Fender specifies a handwound Texas Special pickup. The neck position uses a CuNiFe Widerange humbucker with a copper-nickel-iron magnet. The model name highlights that CuNiFe pickup, but the bridge unit also deserves attention: the two positions use different pickup types and are paired with a dual-stack HS Tele wiring scheme.

The controls include one volume control and one tone control. Fender lists the volume arrangement as 250 kΩ and 500 kΩ, but the supplied data does not clarify how those values are switched or assigned. The wiring description indicates a specific control circuit, yet no switching chart or control-position guide is provided. Buyers who need precise information about the available pickup combinations should confirm the circuit details with Fender or the retailer rather than infer them from the abbreviated listing.

Bigsby hardware and finish

A Bigsby B-5 vibrato bridge replaces the fixed bridge setup found on many Tele-style guitars. It is a substantial design choice that changes the hardware layout and gives the instrument a vibrato system. The listing does not specify bridge saddles, tuning machines, or any setup measurements, so those details cannot be assessed here. Hardware is nickel, and the pickguard is four-ply tortoiseshell.

The color is described as Amber Natural, while the product name includes "Relic." The supplied specifications do not describe the aging treatment or identify particular wear patterns, so the finish should not be assumed to have any specific relic details beyond the model name and color information.

Included items and buying context

The guitar includes a case, cable, and certificate. A bag is not included. It has been available since March 2022, carries item number 532053, and is listed at 7,090, with no currency specified in the supplied information. The listing identifies it as a 2022 limited edition, while the general limited-run field says "None." Those entries conflict, so the edition status is worth verifying before purchase.

On paper, the Fender Cunife Tele Custom Amber Relic combines a roasted pine body, a roasted maple neck, a rosewood fingerboard, and a mixed pickup configuration with Bigsby vibrato hardware. Its specifications are unusually detailed in some areas, including the neck profile, fingerboard radius, and pickup models, but leave practical questions about the wiring, finish treatment, and edition status unresolved. With no customer feedback available, there is no basis here for claims about sound, comfort, tuning stability, or workmanship. The instrument is best judged against its documented features and confirmed directly with the seller on the points the listing does not settle.