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Author Topic: 1967 Telecaster: Do y'all think this is real and further more, worth it?  (Read 10125 times)

thisisnickpaige

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HAHA eish that guitar is soo good it even makes a floyd rose look presentable lol that is a rather beautiful guitar..too bad it's been tainted 0=)
Prawnik: Yes its a 2 piece maple with no skunk, yeah the floyd guy added a second tree and there are 2 patents. so all is go, what should it say on the bottom of the neck, where it meets the joint? Anything? Yes he seems very sincere just putting personal value higher then monetary i do believe. He's had it for 15 years like this so that all means nothing to him, ya know?
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Prawnik

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HAHA eish that guitar is soo good it even makes a floyd rose look presentable lol that is a rather beautiful guitar..too bad it's been tainted 0=)
Prawnik: Yes its a 2 piece maple with no skunk, yeah the floyd guy added a second tree and there are 2 patents. so all is go, what should it say on the bottom of the neck, where it meets the joint? Anything? Yes he seems very sincere just putting personal value higher then monetary i do believe. He's had it for 15 years like this so that all means nothing to him, ya know?

I am not sure what you mean "on the bottom of the neck, where it meets the joint," but the butt of a late 1960's Fender neck will have a black or sometimes green ink stamp on it indicating the month and year of neck manufacture [NOT the date, as the ignorant often claim], a code indicating the model and "A" "B" "C" or "D" indicating neck width.

99% of Fender Teles will be "B" necks. SRV's Number One and was a "D" neck. Most of the guitars I build get "C" or "D" necks because that is what I like.

Beginning somewhere in 1969 different stamps were sometimes used. Also the option of choosing neck width was eliminated that year, I think.

Sometimes there will be writing, usually pencilled initials, on the very bottom of the joint area of a neck. These appear to be inspection marks. Later in the 1970's ink stamps with the maker or inspector's name become common.

Nothing in the photos jumped out at me as an obvious fake, but do your own homework and reach your own conclusions. Remember, you can buy a late 1960's "issues" Tele for USD 2000 now, so I would say USD 750 for a "major issues" neck is more than fair.

thisisnickpaige

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nice, yeah i meant the bottom, like not where the date code is but the opposite of the fret board, the literal heel.
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If music was a beast, i'd have the sweetest saddle =)

Prawnik

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nice, yeah i meant the bottom, like not where the date code is but the opposite of the fret board, the literal heel.

Short answer: it may have any of a number of things or nothing at all. Just as many Fender guitars either do not have a date stamp on the butt end of the headstock, or the date is wholly or partially unreadable.