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Post subject: Need Help Figuring Out If A Tele Is For Real Or Not.........
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:21 pm
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Hello,
Just found this site. Looks like everyone is very helpful here. And a great site for info. Here is my question:

Im thinking of doing a trade with a guy for his Tele. Here is what he has and what he is telling me. To begin, the Tele is in perfect condition. Looks very nice. He tells me the body is American and the neck is Asian. The neck plate has a Large F on it, thats it. It has a humbucker in the neck, a single coil at the bridge. Has locking tuners. Here is the part that has me confused. No place on the guitar is there a serial number nor does it say where it is made. On the headstock it says FENDER and then a line of Patented numbers. I asked him why no numbers and he said that on some old Fenders the numbers were concealed. And that it ment it was a good guitar??? He said it was modeled after a Fender Albert Collins Tele. Does any of this make sense? Or should i beware?

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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:20 pm
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Sounds fishy, no serial number at all. Sounds like he ordered the Fender F neckplate and stuck it on. It IS possible that it's a CIJ RI neck, since their RIs can have the SN on the neckplate, but then why would you change the neckplate. Without pics, it's hard to say for sure.

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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:31 pm
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Thanks....gonna put up some pics in the next few days.


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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:14 am
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Proceed with caution - - any pics yet?

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