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Post subject: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:50 am
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I own a Empress Telecaster in Honey Burst, Serial US12044889. Is it possible to find how many of this version that was made, and what number from this run my guitar actual is?


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Post subject: Re: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:00 pm
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If memory serves me the TeleBration Telecasters were 500 piece limited runs with a couple being limited to 300 I believe the Indiana Barn which became the Old Pine Tele was one of the two limited to 300, can remember which the other one was.

There is no way of knowing what number out of the run you guitar is.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:35 am
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1,000 Telebration Empress Telecasters were produced in 2 runs of 500 each. 500 in Vintage White (Color Code 741) and 500 in Honeyburst (Color Code 742)

I own Telebration Empress Telecaster Serial #US12044604

Manufacture Date: 04/27/2012 #96/500 Vintage White (741)

I wrote Consumer Affairs at Fender and they sent me the spec sheet on my guitar.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:51 pm
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geiisaksen wrote:
Hi,
I own a Empress Telecaster in Honey Burst, Serial US12044889. Is it possible to find how many of this version that was made, and what number from this run my guitar actual is?


Thanks for feedback. I adressed this subject to Consumers Relations at Fender, and the respons from there was a full spec sheet, but I was told that the serial number were all sequential for instruments coming out of the US factory, so there's no specific number on how many were run, and what number mine was.

So my question is then if there is any other ways to determine what number of that spesific run my guitar is.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:35 am
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ukraider wrote:
If memory serves me the TeleBration Telecasters were 500 piece limited runs with a couple being limited to 300 I believe the Indiana Barn which became the Old Pine Tele was one of the two limited to 300, can remember which the other one was.


I think that the Redwood tele was the other that was limited to 300 pieces, known as the Brown's Canyon Telecaster.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Empress Telecaster
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:44 am
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sjlen wrote:
ukraider wrote:
If memory serves me the TeleBration Telecasters were 500 piece limited runs with a couple being limited to 300 I believe the Indiana Barn which became the Old Pine Tele was one of the two limited to 300, can remember which the other one was.


I think that the Redwood tele was the other that was limited to 300 pieces, known as the Brown's Canyon Telecaster.


These weren't actually limited per se, rather, production was halted at 300 units due to the inavailability of the suitable wood.

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