A Near Fine Early Seventies Telecaster.

1971 Fender Telecaster.

This exceptionally fine blond Telecaster weighs 8.40 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 original 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 "327265" between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an output of 5.65k and one black six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with an output of 5.15k. 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 is stamped "3 AUG 71B" and the potentiometers are stamped "137 6636" (CTS, September, 1966). There is one small 'ding' on the lower edge of the treble-horn, otherwise apart from a few miniscule surface marks this forty-two year old Tele is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition. Complete with the original twelve page Fender hang-tag instruction manual. Housed in the original three-latch Fender black hardshell case with black leather ends and red plush lining (8.75).