A Super 1968 Blond Telecaster with a Veneer Rosewood Fretboard

This beautifully aged mid to late sixties Blond Telecaster weighs in at 8.20 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 5/8 and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body, maple neck, and curved veneer rosewood fretboard with 21 frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock decal with "Fender" logo in black with gold trim, "Telecaster" in black beside it, and two patent numbers beneath "Fender." Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Single "butterfly" string tree. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an output of 6.64k and one black six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with an output of 5.96k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard with eight screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and one three-way selector switch (with black plastic "top hat"), all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender combined bridge/tailpiece with original chrome cover. The neck is dated "3 FEB 68B" and the pots are Stackpole dated "304 6631" (August 1966). The original nicely grained Blond finish has beautifully and evenly mellowed out to a rich dark cream. Apart from some minor body checking and a few very small and insignificant edge marks, this guitar is in as fine condition as you could ever wish for. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with dark orange plush lining (9.00).

Most Telecasters from the mid to late sixties had either a one-piece maple neck or a maple-cap fretboard. The much loved traditional veneer rosewood fretboard had been gradually phased out when the maple fretboards were reintroduced in 1965.