Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Junior P90 1995

The Telecaster Junior that shows what happens when Fender rewrites its own rules

The 1995 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Junior P90 is an instrument you won't find in a catalog. Where the standard Telecaster derives its identity from the bridge pickup and characteristic single-coil sharpness, this Junior opts for a completely different approach: two P90 pickups, a thru-neck construction, and a cream finish that is both timeless and distinctive.

The two P90 pickups give this Telecaster a sound closer to a Les Paul Junior than a classic Tele—and that's precisely its charm. Thick, warm, and full in the midrange, with enough bite to cut through a mix. The neck-through-body construction ensures exceptional sustain and direct transfer of vibrations from string to body, giving the tone an organic, lively quality rarely heard in a bolt-on instrument.

As a Custom Shop instrument from 1995, this is a piece of guitar-building history. During that period, the Custom Shop experimented extensively with unconventional combinations of classic Fender shapes and non-standard specifications. The result is a guitar that is recognizably Fender in form but completely unique in character. The cream finish is still in excellent condition after thirty years.

For the guitarist who deliberately chooses the unexpected—and knows the value of a thru-neck P90 Telecaster from the Custom Shop era.