A Near Fine Early Seventies Telecaster

This near fine blond Telecaster weighs 8.10 lbs. and has a comfortable nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body and one-piece maple neck with a wonderful fat profile. Maple fretboard with 21 medium frets and inlaid black dot position markers. Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Headstock decal with "Fender" logo in black with gold trim, "Telecaster" in black beside it, and two patent numbers ("2,573,254" and "3,143,028") beneath "Fender." Single "butterfly" string tree. Four-bolt neck plate with large Fender "F" logo and serial number "300280" between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an output of 5.97k 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) plus three-way selector switch (with black plastic "Top-Hat" tip) all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender combined bridge/tailpiece with three smooth saddles. The neck does not have any stamp on the end which is not unusual for the early seventies. The potentiometers are both stamped "137 6634" (CTS, September 1966). There are a few small surface chips on the lower edge of the body and a couple of very small 'dings' on the front. The original frets show very little sign of wear and the maple fretboard also has virtually no wear. Overall this great sounding early seventies Telecaster is in exceptionally fine (9.00) and all original condition. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with black leather ends and reddish orange plush lining (8.75).