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Post subject: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:34 pm
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I thought there would be a few folks who haven't seen one of these. They used to be available for Fender Dealers to show potential customers the inner workings of the truss rod system. Maybe I could make a cool banjo...

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 10:07 pm
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Geez, I've haven't seen one of those displays in decades!

Cool artifact -- thanks for sharing.

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:24 am
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Same here...that's cool!...you tend to forget about the rod being in there....good to see it again.


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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:43 am
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It might make a cool lamp.

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:48 am
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I should think it'd look best when grouped with other vintage Fender promotional samples, perhaps in a framed shadow box on a royal blue velvet background.

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 1:53 pm
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Yes, that would look nice! Great idea; I have quite a bit of neat old Fender stuff like the custom color charts, old string packages, Fender guitar lesson books...what I am short on is wall space.

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:28 pm
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ashtone wrote:
what I am short on is wall space.


Tell me about it!

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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:44 pm
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ashtone wrote:
Yes, that would look nice! Great idea; I have quite a bit of neat old Fender stuff like the custom color charts, old string packages, Fender guitar lesson books...what I am short on is wall space.


Cool piece of memorbilia and a really cool idea, but if you are short on wall space, how about a coffee table with a glass top? Would make one heck of a converstation piece in a music room.

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Post subject: Re: '73 Tele Factory t-rod display for Fender Dealers
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:29 am
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Very Cool - where'd you find it?


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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:53 pm
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I think it was Melody Music, or maybe Bobby's, both in Denver. Can't really remember. I've had it for decades.

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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:29 pm
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So THAT'S how a truss rod works...!

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