Rock Out With Fender’s New Evangelion Asuka Telecaster Guitar

Fender Japan is planning to release a limited edition Telecaster guitar called the 2020 Evangelion Asuka Telecaster. It will release in mid-July 2020 in honor of Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0, although the film has been delayed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Fender’s 2020 Evangelion Asuka Telecaster draws inspiration from her plugsuit. The guitar’s body will feature a red-orange gradation with black stripes on the back and a neon green pickguard. Additionally, The fretboard also features a detailed inlay marking it as Unit-02, which is Asuka’s EVA unit. Furthermore, the neck plate will have a three-digit edition number and a special NERV logo.

Fender will include an original certificate featuring Asuka in a plugsuit with the guitar. Artwork for it will be handled by Rebuild of Evangelion director Kazuya Tsurumaki, who worked on each of the four movies in this series. Here’s a look at it:

April 2020 brought with it multiple announcements for Evangelion and the final entry in the Rebuild of Evangelion series.

Fender’s 2020 Evangelion Asuka Telecaster will cost ¥259,000, or about $2416.00, and will release sometime in mid-July 2020 via Fender’s Japanese website.