A Near Mint Original "Maple Cap" Telecaster!

This 12 3/4-inch Telecaster weighs just 8.00 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid ash body, maple neck, and maple-cap fretboard with 21 frets and black dot position markers. Black "Fender" headstock logo with gold trim, "Telecaster" in black, and two patent numbers beneath "Fender." Single butterfly string tree. Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Four-bolt neckplate with Fender backward "F" logo and serial number ("220580") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup at neck with an output of 3.29k and one black six-polepiece pickup angled in bridgeplate with an output of 6.04k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard. Two controls (one volume, one tone) plus three-way selector switch, all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender combined tailpiece and bridge. There is absolutely no belt buckle wear, but there are a couple of tiny little marks on the back of the guitar and a small amount of natural edgewear (from the player's sleeve) on the bottom corner edge of the top of the guitar. There is a small amount of fretboard wear, particularly on the third fret, but very little actual fret wear. This guitar is near mint and has the original "ashtray" and the hang-tag booklet with matching serial number. An exceptional example of this very rare "Maple Cap" Telecaster, with the rich grain of the ash body showing beautifully through the blond finish. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with reddish orange plush lining (9.50).