This Fender Telecaster, built in 1974 sports a relatively unusual Natural finish and is in very nice, all original condition. Built with a one-piece Maple neck – and its Walnut ‘Skunk’ stripe covering the channel for the rear-mounted truss rod and a three-piece Ash body, this example is typical of the Telecaster design and the aesthetics of this period.
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Built during 1968, we’ve nicknamed this beautiful aged-blonde Fender Telecaster ‘Don’ in reference to the letters once affixed to the top. Over time, the blonde finish darkened to a lovely butterscotch tone and when the letters were removed, the lighter finish remained. The Fender Telecaster has proven to be an excellent illustration of design fitting its purpose, and for nearly 75 years this model has been built and sold with really only minor variations.
Built from 1972 to 1979 along with the Custom, the Fender Telecaster Deluxe had a number of unique features, blending influences from both Fender and Gibson products. Starting with the basic Tele design, the Fender Telecaster Deluxe added a pair of Fender’s new Seth Lover – designed Wide Range Humbuckers plus individual volume and tone controls, and the bridge from a Hard-Tail Stratocaster, with the ‘new’ larger pickguard and higher-mounted pickup selector mostly shared with the Custom.
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MORE →This wonderful and pristine Fender LTD 51 Telecaster NOS (New Old Stock) Blonde model shows off what the Custom Shop can do, subtly mixing vintage features with modern advancements. This Fender LTD 51 Telecaster NOS guitar started with a two-piece Ash body in the 1951 ‘NoCaster’ style and ‘NoCaster Blonde’ finish and an AA-grade quarter sawn Flame Maple 51 style neck. From there, the neck received a compound radius – 7.25 to 9.6 inch radius – tall narrow frets (Dunlop 6105 style), a 19/56 ‘V’ profile, and a bone nut.
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MORE →The Fender Classic 69 Pink Paisley Telecaster recreates the eye-catching Paisley Telecasters of the late 1960’s – a finish also used on some Stratocasters. Made in Japan by Fuji-Gen during 2016, this is an excellent version of a classic model. This example is in very good, clean condition with extremely light wear, and is sold with its original rectangular Fender case. The original steel saddles are in the case, and a set of intonated brass saddles have been installed for improved intonation and tuning.
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MORE →There have been a number of versions of the Fender 52 Telecaster Reissue, which points out how close to the mark Leo Fender was with these early instruments. Current versions of the Telecaster are not really all that different even after over 70 years of continuous production. Here we are looking at a Fender 52 Telecaster Reissue in the original style Butterscotch Blonde finish.
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