Fender Telecaster Thinline, Natural (1973)
Tele-Style · Vintage
This is an excellent playing, lightweight example of the "Version 2" semi-hollow Telecaster that Fender released as part of an expansion of their Telecaster line beginning in 1968. It features the same body construction of the late 60s models, but adopts a new electronics configuration with a pair of wide range humbuckers, hardtail bridge, and new pickguard shape.
These WRHBs have a fat but articulate voice and great top end chime. Think of them like a mini humbucker but with a bit more midrange response. The CuNiFe magnet element is attributed to its unique tonal properties as well. They sound wonderful into a clean amp- great for blues, R&B, and motown. But they can easily cover ground in rock, country, and alternative genres, as they take to overdrive very well. This is nice, clean example that we just performed a refret on. The guitar's hardware and electronics are original as well, save for the tone capacitor. At just under 6 3/4 lbs on our scale, it's quite light and super resonant with great natural sustain. It's a total joy to play, even unplugged! The neck profile is a nice rounded C/U, slightly slimmer and with a moderate taper, and combined with the fresh vintage spec frets, it offers excellent playability.
Paired with a later 70s Fender hardshell case.
| Style | Semi-Hollow |
| Body | Ash |
| Finish | Polyurethane |
| Color | Natural |
| Pickups | Original Wide Range Humbuckers | 10.69k Neck / 10.72k Bridge |
| Electronics | Original CTS | 137 7324 codes |
| Controls | Volume / Tone / 3-Way Toggle |
| Bridge | Original |
| Tuners | Original F Stamp |
| Pickguard | Original |
| Neck | One-Piece Maple |
| Binding | None |
| Carve | Medium C .81-.90" |
| Radius | 7.25" |
| Inlays | Dots |
| Frets | Jescar 43080 (Refret) |
| Nut | Original |
| Scale Length | 25 1/2" |
| Serial # | 526833 |
| Weight | 6lb 11oz |
| Case | Vintage Fender hardshell |
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