{"id":582,"date":"2011-03-15T03:47:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T10:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=582"},"modified":"2011-05-23T06:17:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T13:17:36","slug":"john-5-pops-into-fender-for-a-new-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2011\/03\/15\/john-5-pops-into-fender-for-a-new-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 pops into Fender for a new guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"918\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2011\/03\/15\/john-5-pops-into-fender-for-a-new-guitar\/j5-new-fender\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/j5-new-fender.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"j5-new-fender\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/j5-new-fender.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/j5-new-fender.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-918 lazyload\" title=\"j5-new-fender\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/j5-new-fender.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/>Fender&#8217;s Front Row blog reported at the weekend that now back home, John 5 popped into their Burbank Fender Showcase store to pick up a new guitar for his Tele collection:<\/p>\n<p>From Fender Front Row: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.fender.com\/blog\/john-5-adds-to-his-already-enormous-tele-collection\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fender.com\/blog\/john-5-adds-to-his-already-enormous-tele-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fender.com\/blog\/john-5-adds-to-his-already-enormous-tele-collection\/<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John 5 owns a Fender Telecaster from almost every year and since we\u2019re celebrating our 60th anniversary of the Tele, that\u2019s obviously quite a large collection. As he\u2019s always telling us, owning Telecasters is \u201can obsession,\u201d <!--more-->which made for no surprise when he dropped by the Fender Showcase in Burbank, Calif., \u00a0on Thursday and took home a brand new Fender Custom Shop\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.themusiczoo.com\/blog\/2010\/60th-anniversary-telecaster-limited-editions-revealed\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themusiczoo.com\/blog\/2010\/60th-anniversary-telecaster-limited-editions-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snake Head Tele<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2011\/03\/15\/john-5-pops-into-fender-for-a-new-guitar\/john5atfender\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/john5atfender.jpg?fit=350%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,525\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john5atfender\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;John 5 shows off his new Fender. Image From fender.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/john5atfender.jpg?fit=350%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/john5atfender.jpg?fit=350%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-583 lazyload\" title=\"john5atfender\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/john5atfender.jpg?resize=350%2C525\" alt=\"John 5 shows off his new Fender. Image From fender.com\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/525;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John 5 shows off his new Fender. Image From fender.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Snake Head, according to <a title=\"http:\/\/www.themusiczoo.com\/blog\/2010\/60th-anniversary-telecaster-limited-editions-revealed\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themusiczoo.com\/blog\/2010\/60th-anniversary-telecaster-limited-editions-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">MusicZoo.com<\/a> is Limited Edition, with only 60 made, to celebrate 60 years of Fender&#8217;s Telecaster model.<\/p>\n<p>More specs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>LTD Snake-Head Tele\u00ae Relic ONLY 60 AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE: <\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aged Olympic White, Pine Body, Lacquer Finish, 1 Piece<\/li>\n<li>Maple Neck,\u00a0 Snake Head Neck Profile, No Truss Rod, 7.25\u201d Radius, Vintage Frets, Commemorative LTD Edition Cert, Neck Plate, Decal &amp; Tweed Center<\/li>\n<li>Pocket Case, Snake Head Peg, Snake Head Tuners (3 on each side), Snake Head Controls, Snake Head Bridge, Snake Head Body Thickness, Snake<\/li>\n<li>Head 1 Ply Black PG, 51 Nocaster Pickup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-584\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2011\/03\/15\/john-5-pops-into-fender-for-a-new-guitar\/snakehead-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C773&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,773\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snakehead-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;More on the Limited Edition Snake Head from Fender&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?fit=590%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?fit=950%2C734&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-584 lazyload\" title=\"snakehead-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1-590x456.jpg?resize=590%2C456\" alt=\"More on the Limited Edition Snake Head from Fender\" width=\"590\" height=\"456\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?resize=590%2C456&amp;ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?resize=950%2C734&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/snakehead-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 590px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 590\/456;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More on the Limited Edition Snake Head from Fender<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fender&#8217;s Front Row blog reported at the weekend that now back home, John 5 popped into their Burbank Fender Showcase store to pick up a new guitar for his Tele collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,71,13,70,69,60],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fender","tag-fender-60th-anniversary","tag-john-5","tag-snake-head","tag-tele","tag-telecaster","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-9o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":436434,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/12\/24\/watch-john-5-discovers-the-fender-troublemaker-tele-in-their-blindfold-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":582,"position":0},"title":"[WATCH] John 5 discovers the Fender Troublemaker Tele in their blindfold test!","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"December 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 blindfold tests the brand new Trouble Maker Telecaster from Fender.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Troublemaker Telecaster Fender","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john_5_telecaster_fender_blindfold.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john_5_telecaster_fender_blindfold.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/john_5_telecaster_fender_blindfold.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6148,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/01\/from-pro-audio-land-win-john-5-signed-tele-coffin-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":582,"position":1},"title":"From Pro Audio Land: Win John 5 signed Tele &#038; 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