Fender unveils a very special 250-instrument Limited Edition run of the Fender Custom Shop Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster as part of the Fender Custom Shop’s legendary Tribute Series. It’s a note-perfect replica of the 1961 Tele® that Summers used to help propel the Police to untold heights of worldwide pop super stardom.
The prototype, built by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Dennis Galuszka over the course of a year, is currently in use with Andy now. The guitar features the same eccentric modifications that the original had when Summers first bought it, most of which were unchanged throughout the nonstop work and excitement of the Police years:
- Ferocious humbucking neck pickup.
- Bridge pickup mounted in the body rather than in the broken brass (not chrome) bridge plate.
- Control plate-mounted mini-toggle phase switch.
- Body-mounted preamp on/off mini-toggle switch
- Rear-mounted overdrive unit controlled by a third knob below the two traditional Telecaster volume and tone controls.
- Soft brass bridge pieces.
- Schaller® tuners.
