Is this a genuine vintage Tele?

robgilmo

Or fakery? It looks very clean but the serial number says its really quite old.

robgilmo

rico

Something doesn’t look right. Don’t ask me what though. 

sweepy

The join on the body for one and the logo is straight 

richardhomer

No - white dots, rather than clay (or perloid, depending on the year) and many other things...

robgilmo

Guitar dater puts it at 62,
Your guitar was made at the
Fullerton Plant (Fender - Pre CBS Era), USA
in 1962
Production Number: 74560



However Fender says its a LDSPKR, ARTIST,1201A , which I think is a loud speaker?

Zoolooter

The body shot looks too new. But the white dots would not be that white, as already mentioned. 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/277804-late-1962-fender-telecaster

barry2tone

No sign of a truss rod in a '62?

GoldenEraGuitars

Headstock silhouette is a little off imo. As already mentioned the fret markers are wrong and I personally haven’t come across that type of burst on a Custom. Most of what you’ll find is 3 tone bursts. 

Not to mention that the wood chosen for the body is pretty... unique. Pretty if it was an IKEA chopping board... not so much for a guitar.

richardhomer

barry2tone said:

No sign of a truss rod in a '62?

The adjustment would be at the body end. Skunk-stripes disappeared in ‘59 when rosewood boards became standard. They were reintroduced on both one-piece maple necks and rosewood boards around 69/70, IIRC.

barry2tone

Thanks, Richard. I deleted the comment after checking Zoolander's rather more convincing example.

ICBM

And among many other things, Japanese screw heads on the selector switch.

Fake...

poopot

The truss rod adjuster does not look as tho it is cutting into the rosewood. Looks like the adjuster is just in the maple. All slab boards have a bit of the rosewood drilled to accommodate the adjuster nut.... like this..



You can just about see in the second pic that the rw board sits flat on the maple... 

this alone is enough to walk away from the guitar.

Hattigol

Jeeeez, it's a tricky  game buying vintage, isn't it....

jimmyguitar

Hattigol said:

Jeeeez, it's a tricky  game buying vintage, isn't it....

Fenders especially, Gibsons not as much if you know your stuff. I have actually come to the conclusion after owning many vintage guitars that i’m going to avoid vintage fenders from now on, especially as the new ones are so well made anyway. But it’s still a nice 50’s/60’s Gibbo over a reissue for me any day even at double the price. 

gringopig

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