Description
Lovies Guitars has up for grabs a Vintage Made in Japan Fender 1962 Reissue Telecaster in a Stunning Candy Apple Red with Awesome Double Binding! This particular model of Telecaster was introduced to the UK in early 1985, at the time of a massive revamp in the Fender range. It was listed in the 1985 Fender catalogue in just three colours: 3-Tone Sunburst, Candy Apple Red and Black. The Fender USA Teles had ceased to be available after the American Fullerton factory closed in 1984, so from 1985, Fender Japan had to fill that void whilst the new Fender Corona plant steadily set itself in motion over the next couple of years. Until the Fullerton plant shut down, all Fender Japan Teles imported into the UK had Squier branding so as not to impact on USA Fender sales. But with the USA gear out of the picture, Fender Japan replaced their high quality Squier (JV Series) export guitars with a premium quality range of Fender branded instruments. The edgebound ’62 Custom Tele – one such premium quality guitar – was completely new in the Fender MIJ line in 1985, and roughly took the place of the Squier JV Series ’52 Reissue in the market. Even though the ’62 Custom was a lot more expensive than, and obviously very different from the Squier ’52, the build standards and desirability were the same. During the revamp,the Squier Telecaster was downgraded to a cut-cost spec and no longer had the status of the JV ’52 reissue. The new-for-’85 Squier Tele was clearly inferior to the Fender MIJ ’62 Custom reissue. The original Fender Custom Telecaster is not to be confused with the later Telecaster Custom. The Custom Telecaster was just like a regular Telecaster, but the body had bound edges. The ‘Custom’ element was purely cosmetic. On the Telecaster Custom, however, the body was unbound and the traditional neck pickup was replaced with a humbucker. I’ve never had any great interest in that model. There were some inaccuracies with the MIJ Custom Tele replica. Most obviously, the model was designated “Telecaster” on the headstock, and not “Custom Telecaster” as was the case with the originals. Also, the bridge pickup on the reissue had flush pole-pieces, and didn’t feature two raised poles like the one on a real ’62 Tele. This Gorgeous Guitar is in Excellent Shape with some minor dimples near the knobs, left edge of body has one fair sized indent, and the back has a couple minor dimples , easy 9/10 especially for its age! ALL Original-NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs, Includes an Original Fender Hard-Shell Case!!
WEIGHS in at: 7.65 lbs
.777” at the 1st
.892” at the 12th fret
Radius: 7.25”
Nut Width: 1 3/4″
Serial: A013032
SKU: 3471
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