CRL 1452: Pickup Selector for the First Fender Guitar
CRL 1452 was the 3-way pickup selector for the first Fender guitar manufactured in 1950
Electroswitch Electronic Products has manufactured all CRL 1452s since 1992 in Raleigh, NC, USA
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(Prices last updated 1-8-2025)
Catalogs
CRL 1452 in catalogs
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Sources
Claim: the CRL 1452 was used in production on the first Fender guitar
Duchossoir, A.R., The Fender Telecaster, 1st ed., Hal Leonard Publishing Company, 1991,ISBN 978-0-7935-0860-0, p. 63.
https://www.book-info.com/isbn/0-7935-0860-6.htm
Fehring, Thomas H., The Magnificent Machines of Milwaukee and the Engineers Who Created Them, January 2022 edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2022, ISBN-10: 1542549167, p. 259.