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Post subject: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:07 pm
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First post here and it's a weird one:

So, my buddy has quite an extensive collection of vintage production model Fenders as well as Custom Shops (if only we were all so lucky!) We found this old Strat-Tele hybrid which he remembers being referred to as a "Texacaster" ("Texascaster"?)

As far as I can tell, there was a limited run of 6 "Texacasters" produced around 1997 with similar (maybe identical) specs; Bird's-Eye Tele necks, White-Blonde finish on a Strat style body, Tele bridge, and a weird pickguard.

I've poked around on the internet and seen stories of how there was a secondary run of an unspecified number after the initial run of 6. I emailed Custom Shop support, and they said that, while they don't have detailed records, the order date for this one is June, 1997. They couldn't give me any info beyond that.

My friend swears that he remembers this one being a one-off Masterbuilt, but there's no signature on the headstock, and we don't recognize any signatures in the neck pocket/on the neck heel (apart from Danny Gatton, but he would have been long passed by '97). There were no materials (not even CoA) in the case when we found it.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Post subject: Re: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:13 am
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Hi,

The links you've posted are not working.

How about a little help?

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Post subject: Re: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:17 pm
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Ya, image attachments must be in the format "http.........jpg"
Non-image extension files won't attach properly.

It is certainly an interesting one-off or limited production. It's almost like an "alternate universe" kind of thing.
I don't see anything that would make me suspect it is not authentic.
Counterfeiters seem more focused on traditional style models, or stamping the CS logo on it to sell as a Gilmour/SRV, etc... particularly if this is actually from the late 90s.

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Post subject: Re: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:06 pm
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Here's one of them in action :)


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Post subject: Re: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:41 am
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It is the real deal! I was the rep that came up with the guitar idea. Originally I ordered 3 to be built, but there ended up being 6. I had one for awhile, and wish I had kept it. Here are the specs as I remember them

Lightweight ash body, hardtail
James Burton neck shape, medium frets
Texas Special pickups
White Blond finish, nitro lacquer I think
Tele bridge
Volume, Tone, and Tone like a Strat

If he is interested in letting it go, I’d would be interested.


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Post subject: Re: Please Help Me Identify This Weird Custom Shop Guitar!
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:39 am
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Seems this was a spin off of the 96 MIJ/CS anniversary model custom Tele deluxe with a different pickguard and Strat body.
A good write up on the anniversary model Tele's @
http://xhefriguitars.com/page8.html


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