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Post subject: Help identify this unusual Tele color
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:57 am
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I have been a Fender owner since I was 14 (1962 Musicmaster!) and have owned hundreds of them as a avid player, buyer, trader, seller and collector. After 50 years of being a Fender fanatic it always amazes me that I run into stuff I have never seen before! I just purchased a guitar that I am hoping you can help me identify the finish on.

This week I purchased a 1978 Fender American Telecaster that was a true closet classic. It was give to a 15 year old girl by her father and she never played it. I literally purchased it out her closet! She said her father gave it to her and she never had any interest in learning to play and it sat there ever since. Thus a virtually unused Fender, a wonderful like-new example from the late CBS era. It plays and sounds GREAT!!!!! Heavy as hell! lol

I had NEVER seen this finish on a Fender before like the one on this guitar. I spent considerable time on the internet to no avail. However, I was able to find an example of this finish in an old reference book I had. It was in Tony Bacon and Paul Day's book "The Fender Book - A Complete history of Fender Electric Guitars" (1992). There is a picture of a 1983 Fender Elite Stratocaster in this exact finish!

So here is my question, what is this finish called and what can you tell me about it. I have included several pictures. Was it just a special order and how long was it used and on what guitars? I hope you can be of some help here. It is VERY unusual.


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Post subject: Re: Help identify this unusual Tele color
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:57 am
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Ugh! can someone tell me how to post a pic on this board?


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Post subject: Re: Help identify this unusual Tele color
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:48 am
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Put the URL address up and then highlight it with your mouse. Then just above the text screen click the little box that says "Img"


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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:03 pm
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"Blue Stratoburst." :)


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Post subject: Re: Help identify this unusual Tele color
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:27 am
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Cus2310 wrote:
Put the URL address up and then highlight it with your mouse. Then just above the text screen click the little box that says "Img"


Before you proceed make sure you've already created an account within a free image host such as Photobucket, ImageShack and Flickr.

I do not recommend Photobucket because of issues with the thumbnail cache.


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