Fender has since registered Nocaster as a trademark to denote its modern replicas of this famous rarity. | The guitars are made out of a spruce top with an ebony fret board and a mahogany neck. This body style was later released as the Fender Telecaster Bass in 1968 after the Precision Bass had been changed in 1957 to make it more closely resemble the Fender Stratocaster guitar. You could get a beer at a bar for 10 cents, gas was about 15 cents per gallon. 200 bucks was a good chunk of change in 1952, a lot of guys bought those on time payments from their local mom and pop music stores. The serial number is located on the bridge until mid-1954, when it Not because we don't know the inflation rates (which we do), but because lifestyle has changed so much since 1952 that inflation is only part of the story. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Wheeler, Tom (et al. The 1950-1952 wiring used a .05mfd cap between the 3 way switch and the volume pot, and a Later editions of the Telecaster Custom were popularized by Rolling Stones' guitarist and composer Keith Richards, featuring a Fender Wide Range humbucker in the neck position and a single-coil pickup in the bridge. In its classic form, the guitar is simply constructed, with the neck and fingerboard comprising a single piece of maple, screwed to an ash or alder body inexpensively jigged with flat surfaces on the front and back. These models were discontinued in 2007. guitar ever made, and is the solidbody guitar that started it all. Limited colors from previous years down to at least satin nitrocellulose Crimson Transparent, honey blonde, black, daphne blue and 3-color sunburst. It has a 22 fret maple neck with an extended scale size (27"). The '69 version has two standard Telecaster single-coil pickups, string-through-body bridge, and a choice of an ash or mahogany body. The market for those guitars was much smaller then - they were all made by hand, and the demand was easily met. metal plate is used inside the body jack hole to secure milled cup. The very design of the headstock (inspired by Croatian instruments, according to Leo Fender) followed that simplicity principle: it is very narrow, since it was cut in a single piece of wood (without glued "wings"). The Gear Page is the leading online community and marketplace for guitars, amps, pedals, effects and associated gear. It has numerous dings, dongs some buckle rash and even some bar room tobacco smoke residue in places however this Tele has never been abused by the look of it, there has never been any repairs, breaks or finish touch ups anywhere at all and personally, we quite like vintage Teles like this, it just adds to the enormous character they have. Tone had never, until then, been the primary reason for a guitarist to go electric, but in 1943, when Fender and his partner, Included is a correct Telecaster gig bag which is original but the zippers do not work however at least it is intact, not falling to bits and it is the correct gig bag for this guitar and is a rare sight to see over here in the UK. Now instead of In 2011, Fender released the Modern Player series, which featured the Modern Player Telecaster Thinline and the Modern Player Telecaster Plus. Fender had an electronics repair shop called Fender's Radio Service where he first repaired, then designed, amplifiers and electromagnetic pickups for musicians chiefly players of electric semi-acoustic guitars, electric Hawaiian lap steel guitars, and mandolins. In September 2010, Fender introduced the Mexican-made Black Top Telecaster HH, featuring dual hot vintage alnico humbucking pickups, a one-piece maple neck with rosewood or maple fretboard and 22 medium-jumbo frets. The Telecaster's scale length is 25.5 inches (648mm). However, many of its construction and electronic featuresfor example its set-in neck and P-90-style pickupsare similar to those of a Gibson Les Paul Junior and Gibson Les Paul Special electric guitars. The Esquire was reintroduced in 1951 as a single pickup variant, at a lower price.[6][7]. But I decided to listen to my wife and put the money into a 3% savings account instead!!! Originality and condition are the two most important features of a vintage Fender Designed to restore Fender's reputation after a group of employees led by William C. Schultz took over ownership from CBS in the early 1980s. Fretted Americana wants 70k for theirs, and it's not that clean. Although this provided the player with a proper tone control, the change also made it impossible to blend the signal from both pickups. It is characterized by a body having a solid center core with hollow wings to reduce weight. Though it was long understood that solid construction offered great advantages in electric instruments (and by the 1930s, Audiovox had offered a solid-body makeshift electric guitar), no commercial solid-body had ever caught on. The market for those guitars was much smaller then - they were all made by hand, and the demand was easily met. Among other famous musicians, Sheryl Crow has occasionally used a Squier Telecaster for recordings and live performances. Its a 1967 Fender Telecaster in Candy Apple Red. The Acoustasonic is equipped with a Fender Acoustasonic Noiseless-TM pickup and uses Fender's Stringed Instrument Resonance System (SIRS) system to allow the guitar to still maintain a loud sound when it is unplugged, as an acoustic guitar would generally sound. The Telecaster is known for its ability to produce both a bright, rich cutting tone (the typical Telecaster country twang) and a mellow, warm, bluesy jazz tone depending on the selected pickup, respectively "bridge" pickup or "neck" pickup, and by adjusting the tone control. The guitar has a humbucker in the bridge, a Stratocaster style single coil pickup in the middle, and a Telecaster covered neck pickup. 0100 to 5500 (stamped into the bridge plate). 1966 Fender Telecaster Blonde + OHSC Super lightweight! - long time no hear. [7] The most common variants of the standard two-pickup solid body Telecaster are the semi-hollow Thinline, the Custom, which replaced the neck single coil-pickup with a humbucking pickup, and the twin-humbucker Deluxe. Several variant models have been produced over the years including those with different pickup configurations and electronics, semi-hollow body designs, and even a twelve string model. Models made prior to 2004 featured two Fender Vintage Noiseless Tele single-coils, Fender/Fishman Powerbridge piezo system and four-bolt neck fixing. TDPRI, short for Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue, is the leading online community and marketplace for Telecaster guitars. Other refinements include a bound contoured alder or ash body and an abalone dot-inlaid maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard, 22 medium-jumbo frets, rolled fingerboard edges, and highly detailed nut and fret work. ), edited by Trynka, Paul (1993). Even the wiring is exactly as a 52 Telecaster would be and not an Esquire. In its original design nearly all components are secured using only screws (body, neck, tuners, bridge, scratchplate, pickups to body, control plate, output socket), with glue used to secure the nut and solder used to connect the electronic components. Want to be notified when this product is back in stock? The first knob functioned normally as a master volume control. You'll never find an original blackguard in "good" condition for 32k anymore. JavaScript is disabled. First, a true tone control knob was installed, that could be used to alter the tone from bass-heavy (in the 0 position) to treble-heavy (in the 10 position). New wiring on a Telecaster. The three-saddle bridge of the original has been replaced with a six-saddle version, allowing independent length and height adjustment for each string. Since 2017 the Professional Series Teles feature a clip- on partial bridge cover. The Triple Tele Deluxe is Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie guitarist John 5's signature model. The third position selected the bridge pick-up alone, again with an active tone control knob. I think you can see from the wear on the fingerboard this is not a guitar which has been in the closet all of its life! and a .1mfd cap between the volume pot's ground and the 3 way switch. As of 2018 the American Special Telecaster is available in 3-color sunburst, lake placid blue, sherwood green metallic and vintage blonde. From this point onward all Fender necks incorporated truss rods. The underlying issue in my eyes isn't how instrument retail costs have stayed rather consistent when you consider inflation, but the grade of instrument being produced. http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1587849, NGD: First Tele! The '63 Telecaster is a custom shop guitar produced from 1999 to the present day. The electronics were easily accessed for repair or replacement through a removable control plate, a great advantage over the construction of the then-predominant hollow-body instruments, in which the electronics could be accessed only through the soundholes. Some also preferred vibratos on their Telecasters, installing a Bigsby on them. "[17] Sometimes identified as a Telecaster, the natural wood guitar slung over the shoulder of Bruce Springsteen on the iconic 1975 album cover Born to Run is actually a Fifties-era Fender Esquire with considerable modifications. Rear switch position was the bridge pickup with Complete the form below and we'll send you an email when it is. Not because we don't know the inflation rates (which we do), but because lifestyle has changed so much since 1952 that inflation is only part of the story. catch(e){var iw=d;var c=d[gi]("M331907ScriptRootC264917");}var dv=iw[ce]('div');dv.id="MG_ID";dv[st][ds]=n;dv.innerHTML=264917;c[ac](dv); It just does not get much better than this and both pickups do their magic using the original blend control circuit to good effect. Not to mention, the CPI is not based on guitars, but on lots of OTHER things that may or may not relate in any way to a Tele. Weren't the old ones cut on cnc saw machines just like the new ones ?? Like the three-pickup Stratocaster which followed it in 1954, the Telecaster is a versatile guitar and has been used in many genres, including country, reggae, rock, pop, folk, soul, blues, jazz, punk, metal, alternative, indie rock, and R&B. var s=iw[ce]('script');s.async='async';s.defer='defer';s.charset='utf-8';s.src=wp+"//jsc.mgid.com/t/a/tailieuvan.vn.264917.js?t="+D.getYear()+D.getMonth()+D.getUTCDate()+D.getUTCHours();c[ac](s);})(); (function(){ Several variants have appeared throughout the years with a wide assortment of pickup configurations, such as a humbucker in the neck position, three single-coil pickups, and even dual humbuckers with special wiring schemes.

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