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Post subject: Thinline teles
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:36 pm
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Hi, can anyone please tell me ... have Fender ever produced a double-cutaway telecaster thinline ? Any other info appreciated.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:51 pm
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Yes they have, it was called the TC-90 and was in the Special Edition series a few years back. It wasn't the normal set up though. 2 P90's and a Les Paul style bridge.

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Post subject: Thinline double cut-away
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:46 pm
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Thanks for your quick response. Among tele afficionados, how are the TC-90's regarded ? Can you say if they were built in USA ?
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:55 pm
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I think they were built in Mexico. I played a few in shops and thought they were fantastic. Sadly I missed the boat as Fender only keep the Special Editions goin one or two years.
Great sustain and very bright. I still want one.

The Jim Adkins signature is the exact same but without the top cutaway.

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:58 am
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I had one for awhile. Neck was fixed, a little wide and fat but thin action. I found the guitar to be a little neck heavy and not really accustical "unplugged".

Mine was Asian made, cream white. Actually felt and played more like a LP then a Tele. I also found I needed to crank up the amp to get equal volume as I would need for a single coil Pup.

Didn't really bond with it very well and sold it..


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Post subject: Thinline TC-90
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:53 am
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Thanks for the help and advice.
The slightly wider neck may well suit me.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:35 pm
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After the kind replies to my enquiry I was lucky to find an unmarked, as new TC-90 . It even has the original plastic protection sheet still stuck on the scratch plate and the original toe-on sales tags.
It is beautifully finished in dark red glossy sunburst with "smoked" chrome fittings.
The headstock shows "Made in Korea" and the serial number is 06013698. I have looked at the various listings which co-relate serial numbers to year of manufacture but this number doesn't appear in any of the sequences which I have found so far. Can anyone help me find a date for this guitar ?
Thanks for all your help.


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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:45 am
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If my memory is correct, Robben Ford played a Fender with a double cutaway. Not sure what model it is.


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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:02 pm
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bluesguy54 wrote:
If my memory is correct, Robben Ford played a Fender with a double cutaway. Not sure what model it is.


http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Fe788.htm

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I believe it was just called the Robben Ford.

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Thanks for the responses - pardon the gap in my musical education, but who /what is/was Robben Ford ? I don't think his reputation has reached widespread recognition this side of the Altantic ( I'm in England ).
Any recommended listening to highlight his prowess ?
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I think Ford would be roughly 60 by now, give or take a few. I think he may have started out in blues but he's pretty much a jazz player so if you aren't into jazz you likely would not have heard of him. Jazz isn't that well known by the general public on this side of the Atlantic either. Last I heard he ditched Fender and switched to Gibson. I know he's had at least a couple solo albums but I mostly know him from an old Vinyl album I used to have of Miles Davis from the mid 80's. Forget what it was called but it was pretty good stuff.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:53 am
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So he moved the opposite way to Telcaster maestro Albert Collins, who moved from Jazz to Blues. I'll try Googling him.
Cheers, Tetley ( Aprilia, Gilera, Harley )


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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:17 am
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bluesguy54 wrote: If my memory is correct, Robben Ford played a Fender with a double cutaway. Not sure what model it is.
http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Fe788.htm

Thanks for the link. There's certainly a resemblance to the TC-90 . The set-neck looks very similar, the pups , bridge and tailpiece look similar. But the TC-90 has the slightly squarer tele belly shape, not as rounded as an LP and has a typical tele head instead of Robben's 3-a-side head.

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