Fender Custom Shop Nocaster

Historically speaking, the Nocaster was simply a Telecaster with the 'Telecaster' part of the headstock decal snipped off in response to Gretsch's complaints about the name since they had a drum kit called the Broadkaster. In Fender Custom Shop terms though, Nocasters are no different to Custom Shop Teles apart from the fact that they are almost without exception finished in Butterscotch blonde and lack the 'Telecaster' part of the headstock decal. Custom Shop Specs are often anachronistic - 9.5"" radii on 1950s era guitars, for instance - so historical provenance is more of an appealing reference point than a slavish rule. Fender Custom Shop also offer a left-handed Nocaster which is awesome news for Lefties but is something that did not exist in the early fifties!