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Post subject: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 12:19 pm
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Could you help me to identify my telecaster?

There is a strange thing - serial number from 1982 or 83

E211433

but neck stamp is AUG 09 1896.

Body stamp almost unreadable - I am unable certainly detect digits, but as far as I see, it is something like

53458950

Thanks in advance!


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:09 am
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Pictures are a must

You write ;
but neck stamp is AUG 09 1896.

1896 ; It is a Fake :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:35 am
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No pics, no can help...

And: post pics on the forum, not behind an external link. Just today, on another topic, went through a pop-up hell with pics on photobucket...


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:38 am
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jmattis wrote:
No pics, no can help...

And: post pics on the forum, not behind an external link. Just today, on another topic, went through a pop-up hell with pics on photobucket...



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Post subject: Re: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:05 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Pictures are a must

You write ;
but neck stamp is AUG 09 1896.

1896 ; It is a Fake :lol:

:lol:
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Post subject: Re: Telecaster - identification help
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 1:35 pm
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CorwinMcOb wrote:
Could you help me to identify my telecaster?
There is a strange thing - serial number from 1982 or 83 -- E211433 -- but neck stamp is AUG 09 1896.

Corwin, I have consulted my Ouija Board, and I believe I can answer your question without seeing a picture of your guitar.
I'm going to take a wild guess that the date stamp on your neck is actually AUG 09 1986.
Your serial number "appears to be" from 1982 to '84: E211433.

If the date stamp is 1986, the answer to the mystery has a rumored answer.
It has often been asserted that following the Fender Employee buy-out in 1985, remaining necks from the 1983-84 inventory (or in the alternative, remaining Fender logos and serial number decals), were used on guitars sold subsequent to the 1985, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) reorganization.

As can seen from the headstock on my 1983 Telecaster shown below, both the serial number and the Fender logo were on the front of the headstock, on guitars having E series serial numbers.
There have been many reports of CBS era E series serial numbers, appearing on post-CBS Fender guitars in the mid-to-late '80s.

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