Fender American Original Telecaster - any guitar shops take a kidney in Part Ex ?

dano

I've looking at this recently and GAS is strong for the the Surf Green Thinline model, £1600 is quite steep though !  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-oQyjdpKMw


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crunchman

Why did I click on this thread.  Want.

idiotwindow

Yes, very nice. I saw one of these on Guitar Village's website the other week with a weight of something like 5lb 10 and started gassing a bit for it. I even quite like the ugly capitalised TELECASTER on the headstock, something I normally associate with the dreaded 70s guitars. If it didn't have the tortoiseshell guard I might have succumbed but that was enough for me to decide to pass.

rze99

@Rexter or @GoldenEraGuitars could make that for you easily and you could save some cash. 

idiotwindow

rze99 said:

@Rexter or @GoldenEraGuitars could make that for you easily and you could save some cash. 

I'm not sure you'd save an awful lot of cash. £1600 (probably £1450 'street') doesn't seem much different to what UK independents are charging for a full guitar build.

SidNewton

As a result of this thread I checked out the Fender website to discover they are also doing a limited run of Cabronitas.....then spoilt them by putting a belly cut on the back.

tele69

Stunning. Love that!

Funkfingers

idiotwindow said:

the ugly capitalised TELECASTER on the headstock, something I normally associate with the dreaded 70s guitars.

The Thinline had the CBS style decal from day one. 

IMO, recent high end Thinline Teles with the anachronistic spaghetti logo in the Fifties position look wrong. 

kswilson89

I've just bought the AO 70s Tele custom with the rosewood board. Absolutely outstanding guitar, the build quality is probably the best I've seen from a non-custom shop Fender (and on par with some of them). My only reservation is the neck profile is a medium C with a 1.65" nut width. To me it feels a little bit flatter on the back and wider at the nut than I'm used to (having had a late 70s Tele with a 1.625" nut width) but this is all just personal preference and I'm sure I could get used to it. If you can get you your hands on it go for it, no reservations!