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Post subject: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:55 pm
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I have a blonde telecaster with the serial number 634231 it has the white pickguard and the f on the back silver square plate with the serial number. I think it might be a 1974 or 1975 but i would like to get the date right. It was purchased used around 1975 1976 at a gutiar store by my father. If you could help me that would be great.


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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:05 pm
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i think its a '75


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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:16 pm
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From Fender's product dating section:

500,000s to 700,000s - 1976

Looks like it's a '76.

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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:54 pm
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see yeagh at first i thought it was a 1976 but the backplate is different than on mine. Mine is square and on the 1976 its kinda roundish. I also thought that it might be a 1975 but there again i couldnt find many blonde ones with the white pickguard like mine. The 1974 seems to look more like mine than any latter year ones and i know that it was bought around that time period used.


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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:17 pm
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Here are some pics so you can see what i mean.
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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:39 am
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A '74 would have the older style tuners - you can see "holes" where the shaft extends where as the later ones are sealed. The early ones look like these:

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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:08 am
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i looked it does have the little holes in the tunners does this conferm my estimation that it is a 1974 or are there other signs that i can look for other than the serial number.


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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:28 am
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Check the neck stamps. See this site: http://www.vintagerocker.com/fender/neck_dates.html

Also check the pot codes. My tone pot for example:

010188 1 MEG C 137-7409

Made 9th week of 1974


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Post subject: Re: can someone help me find the age of my telecaster
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:29 pm
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cc9cii wrote:
Check the neck stamps. See this site: http://www.vintagerocker.com/fender/neck_dates.html

Also check the pot codes. My tone pot for example:

010188 1 MEG C 137-7409

Made 9th week of 1974


+1...only way to know for sure is the neck date on the end of the neck and pot codes.

Let us know what you find out...

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