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Post subject: Custom Telecaster Help
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:18 pm
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Hello everyone, I just picked up a fender telecaster custom of craigslist and was wondering if you could help me determine the year. There is no serial on the back neckplate. On the headstock it says "Fender Custom Telecaster Des. 164,227 Pat. 2,573,254 2,784,631" I'm not sure what the numbers mean but i think the Des. number is the serial? I looked it up online with that as the serial and that dates it to 66 or 67 i believe. Heres some pictures, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:05 pm
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I sincereley hope that you did not pay much for that Tele. :cry:

The reason being is that it is almost certainly a Chinese copy of a Fender Telecaster.

It is not a Custom model at all, it's a copy of a Fender Japan base model STD Telecaster, by the look of the bridge hardware.

If this was sold to you on the basis that it was a genuine Fender guitar, you would have grounds to return the guitar and request your money back I feel.


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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:10 pm
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Thanks for your help, I bought it off craigslist so my fault for not knowing more before I buy. thanks for your help.


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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:12 am
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Partscaster in my opinion. As Ajay said, I hope you didnt pay much for it. It can still be a very good guitar.


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