1972 Fender Telecaster
A Scarce Early Seventies Sunburst Telecaster!
It really doesn't get any better than this scarce Sunburst Telecaster, which weighs just 7.60 lbs. and has a nice fat nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body and one-piece fretted maple neck (with a skunk stripe) with 21 frets and inlaid black dot position markers. The neck profile is consistently medium-to-thick all the way up the fretboard starting at 0.90 inches at the first fret and gently rising to 0.93 inches at the 12th fret. It is very similar to a late sixties neck profile - actually almost identical to a 1969 Telecaster that we have in stock (#00863). 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 ("342327") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an output of 6.75k and one black six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with a really hot output of 6.18k. 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 and original chrome "ashtray" bridge cover. The neck is stamped "3 MAY 72B" and the pots are stamped "137 6549" (CTS December 1965). This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition, with the absolute bare minimum of belt buckle rash on the back of the guitar (only visible it if you move it about in the light), a tiny amount of edgewear, a few very small surface marks, the largest being on the side of the treble horn of the guitar and measuring 1/2 x 1/4 inch, a small area of wear on the back of the neck behind the second and third frets. There is very little fretwear to the original frets. Overall, this is an outstanding example of this rare color. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with the "tail" on the Fender logo and with dark orange plush lining (8.50). The case handle has been replaced.
It really doesn't get any better than this scarce Sunburst Telecaster, which weighs just 7.60 lbs. and has a nice fat nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body and one-piece fretted maple neck (with a skunk stripe) with 21 frets and inlaid black dot position markers. The neck profile is consistently medium-to-thick all the way up the fretboard starting at 0.90 inches at the first fret and gently rising to 0.93 inches at the 12th fret. It is very similar to a late sixties neck profile - actually almost identical to a 1969 Telecaster that we have in stock (#00863). 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 ("342327") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an output of 6.75k and one black six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with a really hot output of 6.18k. 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 and original chrome "ashtray" bridge cover. The neck is stamped "3 MAY 72B" and the pots are stamped "137 6549" (CTS December 1965). This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition, with the absolute bare minimum of belt buckle rash on the back of the guitar (only visible it if you move it about in the light), a tiny amount of edgewear, a few very small surface marks, the largest being on the side of the treble horn of the guitar and measuring 1/2 x 1/4 inch, a small area of wear on the back of the neck behind the second and third frets. There is very little fretwear to the original frets. Overall, this is an outstanding example of this rare color. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with the "tail" on the Fender logo and with dark orange plush lining (8.50). The case handle has been replaced.
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