The Fender Stories Collection pays tribute to legendary musicians and their modified Fender guitars.
With recording credits stretching across five decades, Brent Mason is one of the most prolific session guitarists of all time, featured on well over 1,000 albums, including hits by Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Shania Twain and many more. He's also been inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame, won a Grammy, earned twelve Guitarist of the Year awards from the Academy of Country Music, is a two-time winner of the CMA® Award Musician of the Year Award and was named one of the top ten session guitarists of all time by Guitar World magazine.
The Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster recreates the prized Tele he discovered in a Nashville guitar shop in the early eighties: a 67 model that had been stripped of its original finish and re-sprayed in grey auto primer. Brent outfitted it with new pickups and controls, as well as a bender system transforming it into a versatile all-in-one session guitar.
Boasting a Glaser Bender system, Seymour Duncan mini-hum in the neck position, Hot Stack in the middle and Vintage Stack in the bridge, locking Sperzel tuners and Dunlop locking strap buttons the Brent Mason Telecaster provides the special features, smooth playability and diverse range of tones to nail Brents platinum Nashville session sound.
Includes deluxe hardshell case.
FEATURES
- Ash body with Primer Gray satin lacquer finish
- Maple late-60s C-shaped neck with 7.25 radius maple fingerboard
- Seymour Duncan pickups; Mini Humbucking neck pickup, Hot Stack Stratocaster middle pickup and Vintage Stack telecaster bridge pickup
- Glaser Bender system
- Custom switching and wiring
THE DEFINITIVE COUNTRY TELE.
An homage to the prized Tele that Mason discovered at a Nashville guitar shop in the early '80s, his signature model is loaded with every feature a session ace could ever need. To put it simply: This Tele does things other guitars just can't.
GLASER BENDER®
The ultimate Tele upgrade, the built-in Glaser Bender mechanism raises the pitch of the B string to capture the country twang of a pedal steel. The mechanism is activated by pushing down on the strap.
CUSTOM PICKUP SET
A Seymour Duncan® "Vintage Stack" bridge pickup, Seymour Duncan Hot Stack middle pickup and mini humbucking neck pickup combine to dial in Masons signature Tele tone.
LOCKING TUNERS
Locking tuners provide rock-solid tuning stability while using the Glaser Bender.
A THREE-PICKUP COUNTRY CLASSIC
The Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster celebrates the Nashville studio aces legendary Tele with a Seymour Duncan pickup trio, specialised control set, Glaser Bender and more.
Few players have a sound and style so revered that even their guitar mods are famous. But such is the case with Nashville session king Brent Mason, whose personalised 67 Fender Telecaster, equipped with three pickups, a third control knob and specialised wiring, is the stuff of legend so much so that his distinctive alterations have become known amongst fans as the Brent Mason mod.
Now his beloved custom model has been reborn as the Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster. This new guitar recreates the prized instrument Mason discovered in a Nashville guitar shop in the early 80s, and per Masons specifications it features a unique (and very un-Tele-like) Seymour Duncan pickup trio: a Vintage Stack® Tele® STK-T3B in the bridge position, a Hot Stack® Strat® STK-S2 in the middle position and a Vintage Mini HB in the neck position. Controls consist of a distinct three-knob layout including master volume, master tone (with push/pull for middle pickup activation) and middle pickup volume plus a three-position blade switch.
True to Masons modded original, his signature Tele also sports a Glaser Bender system for easy access to those elusive pedal steel-like tones.
But Mason isn't known just for his distinctive instruments. Regarded as one of the most recorded guitarists in history, he's a first-call Nashville session man who has appeared on more than 1,000 recordings by artists like Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Shania Twain and many others not to mention countless TV commercials, film soundtracks and television scores. Over the course of his more than 35-year career, he's also achieved success as a producer and solo artist (check out his fret-burning 1997 instrumental album, Hot Wired), been inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame, earned 12 Guitarist of the Year awards and won a GRAMMY®.
Needless to say, Mason is a high-demand player across a wide range of genres. I am a session dog, he says. You call me, I'll be there. So when it comes to his instrument, Mason needs to be able to cover a lot of styles with one guitar.
The uniquely-outfitted Stories Collection Brent Mason Telecaster achieves this goal and more. It really inspired me, he says. I can switch gears in the middle of a song and go into some other style, or flip to the front pickup and do something a little more mellow or jazzy. It gives me versatility that I dont have with just a regular guitar.
In addition to expanded options and features, the Brent Mason Tele boasts an ash body finished in a striking Primer Grey a nod to Masons original, which had been stripped of its factory colour and refinished using auto primer and complemented by a maple neck and fingerboard, black pickguard and chrome/gold-plated hardware.
The result is an instrument that, according to Mason, has been a long time coming. For fans who have long studied and sought out his particular Tele modifications, Mason says it's all right here for everybody that wants to play the stuff like I played, and also their own stuff. I think people are going to find it real satisfying.
ASH BODY
Vintage-style solid ash body with custom Primer Gray satin lacquer finish
SPECIAL ELECTRONICS
Loaded with Seymour Duncan pickups and custom switching, just like Brent’s number one Telecaster
VINTAGE-STYLE NECK
Shaped to match Brent’s personal tele, the late-‘60s “C”-shape neck offers comfort and easy playability
GLASER BENDER SYSTEM
The Glaser Bender system easily achieves authentic steel-guitar sounds
CUSTOM CONTROLS
The 3-way pickup selector switch, master volume, independent middle pickup volume, and push/pull master tone controls offer easy access to a plethora of inspiring tones
LOCKING TUNERS
Locking tuners provide tuning stability and quick, easy string changes.
BODY
Body Material
Ash
Body Finish
Satin Urethane
Body Shape
Telecaster®
NECK
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Finish
Satin Urethane
Scale Length
25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material
Maple
Fingerboard Radius
7.25" (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets
21
Fret Size
Vintage Tall
Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays
Black Pearloid Dot
Side Dots
Black
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Vintage Stack® Tele® STK-T3B
Middle Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Hot Stack® Strat® STK-S2
Neck Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Vintage Mini HB
Controls
Master Volume, Middle Pickup Volume, Master Tone with Push/Pull
Switching
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge, Position 2. Bridge and Neck, Position 3. Neck
Configuration
SSH
Auxillary Switching
Push/Pull Tone Control; Push: Middle Pickup On, Pull: Middle Pickup Off
HARDWARE
Bridge
6-Saddle Telecaster® Bridge with Glaser Bender System
Hardware Finish
Nickel/Gold-Plated
Tuning Machines
Sperzel® Locking
Pickguard
3-Ply Black/White/Black
Control Knobs
Knurled Dome Gold
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings
Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
ACCESSORIES
Case/Gig Bag
Deluxe Black Hardshell
