frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
http://www.frettedamericana.com/product/1973-fender-telecaster-thinline
This Natural Ash Telecaster Thinline is in exceptionally fine condition and weighs 7.30 lbs! Twelve and three-quarter inch wide, one and seven-eighths inch thick, hollow ash body with single 'f' hole on bass side. One-piece fretted maple neck with 21 original thin frets and black dot position markers. Headstock with "Fender" logo in black with gold trim, with two patent numbers in black below. "Telecaster" in black in bold letters beside it, with "Thinline" in black below. Two "butterfly" string trees, one with large nylon spacer. Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Three-bolt 'microtilt' neck plate with serial number "398448" stamped between the top two screws. Two fully adjustable Fender 'Seth Lover' metal-covered split-pole-piece humbucker pickups with outputs of 10.37k and 10.53k. Three-layer mother-of-toilet seat over black and white pickguard with fourteen screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) plus three-way selector switch, all on pickguard. The potentiometers are stamped "137 7201" (CTS, January 1972). Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender fully adjustable six-saddle combined bridge/tailpiece. The end of the neck is stamped in black "0703-1513" ("07"=Tele Thinline; "03"= Maple neck; "15"= Week; "1" = Day of week; "3" = Year - i.e. Monday April 11th, 1973. The underside of the neck is also stamped in black "T. Hughes". The neck pocket is stamped in black "Gabe" and the two pickup cavities are stamped in red "Natural".There is some minor discoloration to the pickguard and two small areas of cracking by the screws where the pickguard has shrunk as usual. There is some fine lacquer checking and the bare minimum of fret wear. This fine guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition. Complete with the original Fender 12 page Telecaster Thinline Owner's Manual. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with dark orange plush lining (9.00).
