1973 Fender Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar

Aside from a refinish (of an Olympic White paintjob!) on the body, this Tele Deluxe is all-original. It's also absolutely-cool. Who doesn't like the snappy wide range humbuckers on these? Well -- aside from the not-quite-right pole spacing, anyway. They sound like you're getting hit with a '50s raygun -- but sonically. Love at first click-zaaaap!

I worked on this guitar for a customer and it received a fresh refret with jumbo wire, much cleaning-up of funky electronics, and a good general setup. It plays absurdly-fast, now, and the Strat-centric neck gives it a much more rock-machine feel to me. Barred chords are where it's at on this one.

Specs are: 25 1/2" scale length, 1 11/16" nut width, 1 5/16" string spacing at the nut, 2 1/16" spacing at the bridge, 12 5/8" lower bout, 11" upper bout, and 1 3/4" side depth. Action is spot-on at hair-over 1/16" EA and 1/16" DGBE at the 12th fret, strung with 46w-10 gauges. The neck is straight, the truss functions, and the neck has a mild-to-medium C profile with a 9.5" radius to the board.

Materials are: ash body, one-piece maple neck with skunk stripe, b/w/b pickguard, and Fender Wide-Range humbucking pickups. 

Condition issues: refinished body, minor scratchiness in some of the old control pots, general wear-and-tear to the fretboard and neck.

Work included: a refret of the neck, proper setup, cleaning, and electronics mucking-about. I also had to cut the original bullet truss nut down about 1/4" to expose non-stripped threads on it and so get the truss-rod back to functional again.