Fender’s new Rarities Maple Top Telecaster is a Quilty pleasure

Fender has unveiled the latest elegant electric guitar to join its Rarities line-up, the Quilt Maple Top Telecaster.

As you probably guessed, this Tele is packing a highly figured quilt maple top, finished in Blue Cloud, complete with black binding.

Other appointments include a one-piece, quartersawn European maple neck with ’60s C shape and 9.5”-radius fingerboard, plus an American Original Tele bridge with a trio of brass saddles.

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Despite the contemporary look, the tones are firmly in vintage territory, courtesy of Pure Vintage ’64 Telecaster bridge and Custom Shop ’51 Nocaster neck pickups.

The Rarities Maple Top Telecaster is available now for $2,499, including vintage-style hardshell case.

Head on over to Fender for more.

This latest guitar follows the Big F’s existing Rarities models, the Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster, Flame Ash Top Stratocaster, Flame Maple Top Stratocaster and Flame Maple Top Chambered Telecaster.

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has been writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist for over 15 years, and recording and performing in original and function bands for two decades-plus. During his career, he has interviewed everyone from John Frusciante to Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy and Billy Corgan. His writing also appears in The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.