Fender 1998 Telecaster Merle Haggard Tuff Dog Signature

Fender 1998 Telecaster Merle Haggard Tuff Dog Signature Tribute.

Custom Shop.

2 Tone Sunburst Finish

Set-Neck Construction.

1 Piece Stripe Flame Maple Neck and Fretboard with Tortoise Dots.

All Gold Hardware.

#SN6 944087.

Specs In Details:

Merle Haggard 's Signature Tribute Telecaster guitar is a modified Telecaster 52' Chambered Body Thinline featuring Alder Body Wings with Tone Chambers, 4A Quilt Maple Top with Ivoroid Binding & Walnut Center Top Strip, 4A Flame Maple Center Block, 4A Flame Maple Set-Neck with Deep-Carved Heel, Mother of Pearl Tuff-Dog Telecaster Headstock Inlay, Ivoroid Pickguard with Texas Special™ Telecaster® Pickups with Custom Four-Way Switching Configuration & Gold Hardware.

Neck: 9.5" Radius & 1.610" Nut Width

The Merle Haggard "U" Neck Profile is Comparable To a Modern "C" Profile and has the following Specs:

.790" @1st Fret

.960" @12th Fret

The Merle Haggard Tribute Telecaster seems to have a Neck-Through design but, in fact employs the set-neck joint patented in 1992 by Steve Boulanger, John Page and J.W. Black.

Frontline Summer 1997 Vol.22

Frontline Summer 1997 Vol.22 p.13

Merle Haggard died April 6th 2016, R.I.P.