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RICHIE KOTZEN TELECASTER®
Once available only in Japan, the Richie Kotzen Telecaster® guitar is now available to a worldwide audience. Known for stints with Poison and Mr. Big and for his own prolific career as a solo artist and sideman, Kotzen has long wowed audiences with his impeccable chops and deft Telecaster artistry. His signature Telecaster model features a beautiful flame maple top on an ash body with a distinctive combination of DiMarzio® Twang King (neck) and Chopper T (bridge) pickups.
Other premium features include a satin-finish maple neck with a large “C”-shaped profile, 12”-radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays, three-way blade pickup switch with “barrel” tip, master volume control and rotary series/parallel switch, single-ply cream pickguard, gold six-saddle through-body Telecaster bridge, Gotoh® sealed tuners and gold hardware.
| SPECS | |
| General | |
| Model Name: | Richie Kotzen Telecaster®, Maple Fingerboard, Brown Sunburst |
| Model Number: | 255202532 |
| Series: | Artist |
| Color: | Brown Sunburst |
| Body | |
| Body Shape: | Telecaster® |
| Body Material: | Ash with Flame Maple Laminated Top |
| Body Finish: | Gloss Urethane |
| Neck | |
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Shape: | Large "C" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" (648 mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12" (305 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 22 |
| Fret Size: | Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Synthetic Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Neck Plate: | 4-Bolt Vintage-Style |
| Neck Finish: | Satin Urethane |
| Fingerboard: | Maple |
| Position Inlays: | Abalone Dot |
| Electronics | |
| Bridge Pickup: | Dimarzio® DP384 Chopper T™ |
| Neck Pickup: | Dimarzio® DP173 Twang King™ |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Series/Parallel Rotary Switch |
| Pickup Switching: | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | SS |
| Special Electronics: | Series/Parallel Rotary Switch |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge: | 6-Saddle Standard Strings-Through-Body Tele with Block Saddles |
| Tuning Machines: | Gotoh® Cast/Sealed |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Cream |
| Control Knobs: | Knurled Dome Gold |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Strings: | Fender® USA 250L, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Unique Features: | Bound body top, rear belly cut, top body contour, Richie Kotzen signature on front of headstock |