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Post subject: Need help identifying my '72 Custom
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:26 pm
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Hi,
I bought a guitar recently and I'm not quite sure what I've got here. There's no serial number or country of manufacture anywhere on the guitar, so I'm trying to date and place it with pot codes and some other "internal" info I've found.

The two pot codes are 504071 and 504041. There's a handwritten date on the end of the neck that reads 72 01 09.

Any idea when or where this guitar was made? Thanks in advance!


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Post subject: Re: Need help identifying my '72 Custom
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:28 pm
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By the way, I guess I should add that it has a natural finish with a maple neck.


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Post subject: Re: Need help identifying my '72 Custom
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:05 pm
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pictures speak a thousand words. i know americans arrange their short dates differently to ther rest of the world, as in the UK that date would be the 72nd of january 2009 :lol: so maybe it means 1st of sep. 1972 ? so are you under the impression it is a proper vintage '70s telecaster ? this is where pictures help. i have a mexican reissue, the serial number is on the back of the headstock.

neck dates are usually pretty good to go by, so if the numbers are arranged in a format that points to 1972, i'd guess youre in luck. nothing in the neck cavity ? what did you pay and where from ? theres only 3 options - real '70's US made, mexican reissue, or US made reisssue - which i think is a very new addition to the catalogue.


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Post subject: Re: Need help identifying my '72 Custom
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:06 pm
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I don't have any pics online, but I did post quite a few in a thread over at TDRPI. The thread can be found here: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/325663-what-do-i-have-here-anyway.html


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Post subject: Re: Need help identifying my '72 Custom
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:18 pm
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These umber on pot are no usefull. they are not the date code. Is it a part O caster or a fake ?

Look here;

http://zeus.lunarpages.com/~jimshi2/pot ... tcodes.htm


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