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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:35 pm
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I'm sorry if this is the thousandth time this topic has come up. :oops:

George Harrison's "Let It Be"/Concert on the Roof Tele is a beautiful guitar. Of course I have interest in getting a replica of it! I was just wondering if anyone knew any useful information on this guitar. Like, which one of Fender's Vintage 50s or 60s models would match it as closely as possible? Or, if the Black Rosewood finish is or has a close resemblence to the finish on the original. And, if any elbow greese will come into play :wink: .

The original, which auctioned off for somewhere between $250,000 & $300,000:
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A Rosewood from Fender Japan:
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:41 pm
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Was George's rosewood tele a one-off from the Fender factory?

Had they made any before the one that George got?

Of course, there are recently made Rosewood Teles around if you want to buy one ... both US Custom Shop and Japanese reissues, I believe.

Check wildwoodguitars.com

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:46 pm
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Hey guys I'm a newbie here and this has probably been discussed umpteen times have you guys seen the Rosewood Tele's and Strat at the Music Zoo NY
There's 2 John Cruz models Tele's and One Jason Smith built 70's headstock model.

worth checking out for interest sakes!
http://www.themusiczoo.com/fendercustom.htm

If you get a chance sometime would you let me know how I can attach images using the img tags (say from a desktop or URL).
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:57 pm
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be-rad wrote:
have you guys seen the Rosewood Tele's and Strat at the Music Zoo ... worth checking out for interest sakes!
http://www.themusiczoo.com/fendercustom.htm


Ahh, yeah, that's where I saw them, not at Wildwood (as I mentioned above). I read an interesting article about George's at the Auction site. It was custom made for him by Fender (a prototype for a possible new model it said). George gave it to Delaney (of Delaney and Bonnie) who sold it at through the auction.

Dave's Guitar Shop has a dozen of them! Elderly Music has one too.

I'd consider getting a Japanese one.

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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:47 am
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Masterbuilt Custom Shop USA rosewood teles are fantastic guitars with a very specific sound (silky but well defined)
I prefer the satin finish but it's JMHO.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:57 pm
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Hey Alain that is some heavy-weight custom shop Strats on Pic 1 have you been collecting a while and do you ever get to play them?

Just for interests sake, did you know Hank Marvin lives here in Australia now - he's a legend dude.

cheers man thanks for showing us, very jealous

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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:16 am
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Hi Be-rad
I'm collecting guitar for a while and gathered them since long ago.
I don't play all of them regularly but I do play all of them at least a few times a year.
I'm following The Shadows since the early '60s and I try to emulate their early sound.
I'm lucky enough to own a TVS3 echo chamber made by an Australian company (nothing compares with it)
Yes I know quite well what's going on with Hank as I'm Co-Manager of the ShadowsMusic Club Perth site.
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Hey Alain that is awesome.. I guess you have made some trips to Western Australia then ..
No where near as many as you have, but I have three Fenders now 2 Strats and one Custom Tele as the last one I bought was this one from the Zoo in New York
http://www.themusiczoo.com/FenderCustom ... 27245.html

It's been my main playing guitar since I bought it last year I am extremely pleased with everything.



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As far as I know, George Harrison's rosewood Tele was made by Philip Kubici, not fender!!

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t1984k wrote:
As far as I know, George Harrison's rosewood Tele was made by Philip Kubici, not fender!!


I believe it counts as being made by Fender as Philip was an employee there. At least that's how I read it:

http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/entertainment_legends/george-harrison-guitar.html

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My understanding is that the Rosewood Telecaster used by Goerge Harrison was a prototype, made in 1968. In 1969 through to 1972, Rosewood Telecasters were made in very lmited numbers as a production model. The production models started out very similar to George's guitar, but fairly soon (say mid 1969) they evolved slightly in design, the major change being the utilisation of a skunk strip on the neck, which the earlier versions did not have.

I have a 1969 Rosewood now and it looks like this:
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As far as I know, the Fender Custom shop limited release Rosewood tele, which was made during 2007 was a faithful replica of the original George Harrison Rosewood Tele. This tele had two distinctive features as I understand it: A solid (non-skunk stripe) rosewood neck and a satin finish. The CS limited release "team built" was sold with Closet Classic treatment, i.e. slightly tarnished hardware and pre-scratched pickguard.

Here's mine:
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During 2007, the Masterbuilders were also making Rosewoods, and they made both George Harrison replicas and also replicas of the later production models. If you want to see the differences, you should visit Dave's Guitars web site, he has photos of different Masterbuilt models.

I ended up buying a Masterguilt George Harrison replica, because I wanted the NOS treatment that you can only get with the Masterbuilt:
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:53 pm
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that is a fantastic tele. thanks for posting the pictures. :D


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The guitar was a gift from Fender to George and one of only two made. The guitar was made of rosewood with a maple middle.


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Elvis is correct.
the story is here http://www.thecanteen.com/harrison9.html


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