New Old Stock - Thirty-Eight Years Old but Never Sold - Still Brand New…

It just cannot get any better than this thirty-eight year old "new old stock" Telecaster, which weighs 8.70 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 medium to thick profile. Veneer rosewood fretboard with 21 medium frets and inlaid pearloid 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." Two "butterfly" string trees. Four-bolt neck plate with large Fender "F" logo and serial number ("372631") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an absolutely amazing output of 6.89k and one black six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with a really hot output of 6.19k. 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 in green "3 JUL XX X" (the final three numbers did not take when stamped) and the pots are stamped "137 6549" (CTS December 1965). The neck cavity is stamped in black "T. Chambers / Viloria". This is a brand new, never sold, never played, thirty-eight year old Telecaster… it even has the original "Telecaster" plastic covering with red and yellow lettering on the pickguard!!! Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with the "tail" on the Fender logo and with red plush lining… which by the way is also mint. And of course - all of the case candy is present - the original "Telecaster Owner's Manual", the original "tolex" case covering hang tag, the original "Inspection Tag", the original black leather guitar strap and the original grey guitar cord.

This guitar is utterly mint, brand new, unused, a true time capsule. And now for the best part - the neck… early seventies Teles usually have necks with medium/thin profiles - NOT THIS ONE! This is almost identical to a '52 that we recently sold… and finally the neck pickup on a late sixties / early seventies Tele usually reads around 6.50k - 6.70k - NOT THIS ONE! This bridge pickup reads a thumping 6.89k and therefore gives a much fuller sound in the neck and middle positions. To sum up - this is a fantastic feeling, playing, sounding guitar in absolutely brand new condition… a once in a lifetime opportunity…