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Post subject: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:28 pm
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Friends, I'm from Chile, I want to know some information about this guitar, I have doubts.

According to the owner, I bought it at Rudys Music and sent mail and they responded saying they did not have it in their store.

I do not have any information regarding the "Custom Built" models

Can you help me with that?

I attach some photos.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3wxuo9uvki1j ... fWFea?dl=0


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Post subject: Re: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:17 pm
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Those neck plates are sold on Amazon by "LazrArt" for $25
There is no serial number (other than the fake number on the neck plate)
The "relic" job is really bad... no actual vintage neck discolored in that way on the headstock.
The plastic surround on the truss rod adjuster and the size of the dot inlays means that it COULD be a Fender Mexico neck, but that guitar looks nothing like it did when it left the factory, if it is indeed an actual Fender MiM Tele.

And that's a big "if". I would not buy this one.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:33 pm
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Walk away and don't look back. FAKE.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:55 am
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Franciscoleon wrote:

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I do not have any information regarding the "Custom Built" models ....



There is no such thing, at least as far as Fender is concerned.

The images show something that probably isn't even a Fender. If any of the parts were originally made by Fender (which I doubt) they have been butchered to the point of making them next to worthless even as parts. Don't touch it.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:53 pm
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John Sims wrote:
The images show something that probably isn't even a Fender. If any of the parts were originally made by Fender (which I doubt) they have been butchered to the point of making them next to worthless even as parts. Don't touch it.

Or....

It's a legit MiM that someone didn't like the blank neck plate, so they replaced it with the "CB" plate.
The missing serial number *could* be the result of the horrible "relic" job.

Seeing the body with the neck and scratchguard removed *may* shed more light (CNC location holes) and electronics.
The dot inlays and truss rod hole would be correct for an MiM. It's not likely a Squier neck.
OTOH, that's only a $200 neck bought direct.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Telecaster Custom Built (?) real or fake?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:46 pm
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Looking at pic #9, headstock back; the edge just seems too edgy (sharp) to belong to a MIM - or actually any FMIC product. I'm strongly leaning towards the "fake" Mr. North Star State already mentioned.


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