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Post subject: 1982 Fender American Vintage '52 Reissue Series Telecaster
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:09 pm
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I just purchased a 1982 Fender American Vintage '52 Reissue Series Telecaster from Reverb. The seller is a brick and mortar store in the northeast. I became interested in this guitar because it has a neck that I haven't see on a vintage reissue tele before (highly figured Birdseye Maple neck) but the seller states it is original to the guitar and depicts the neck with a penciled date stamp. My question is: has anyone seen a highly figured birdseye maple neck on a guitar like this? I suspect the neck may be a replacement but I will not know until I receive the guitar. Any thoughts?


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Post subject: Re: 1982 Fender American Vintage '52 Reissue Series Telecast
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:32 am
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Introduced in '82, but regular production didn't get into full swing until '83.

It's very possible pretty wood was used on some of the pre-production '82s. Smith was brought in to turn Fender around, and he wanted to convince people that Fender's quality was on the upswing.

Some vintage sellers are more reliable than others, and even the best have made mistakes. So yeah, inspect it carefully when you get it.

Might be worth getting an appraisal by some other expert. A figured neck on a pre-production AV'52 would be a very collectable piece.


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Post subject: Re: 1982 Fender American Vintage '52 Reissue Series Telecast
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:40 am
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Thanks! Right! I haven't seen a neck like this on a 52 reissue so it peaked my interest enough to purchase it and check it out. Thank you very much for the information!


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