NGD: 1967 Telecaster

[marqueemoon]

Oh that is NICE.

[JVG]

It feels like the guitar I’ve always wanted. I can’t believe my luck

This feels like it could be a forever guitar. It certainly deserves to be.

Next week, when you’re bored of it, drop me a line

Beautiful guitar! As a lefty, i completely understand how rare it is to find such a thing.

I can't help noticing the unusual string winding technique. Never seen that approach with slotted posts before.

[Telliot]

Phantastic :

[sal paradise]

It feels like the guitar I’ve always wanted. I can’t believe my luck

This feels like it could be a forever guitar. It certainly deserves to be.

Next week, when you’re bored of it, drop me a line

Beautiful guitar! As a lefty, i completely understand how rare it is to find such a thing.

I can't help noticing the unusual string winding technique. Never seen that approach with slotted posts before.

This one is a keeper. I promise But it does mean I need to sell some guitars to pay for it! Pretty sure shipping is cheaper if you fill a storage crate…

And yes, didn’t notice the odd use of the tuners. Come to think of it he did mention how he kept the string ends trim in case of angry producers who thought the guitar might look untidy. Seems crazy when you can just tuck the string in the hole.

Blimey that’s clean! Absolutely incredible find, can’t be too many lefties out there especially in that condition. Hope you enjoy it for many years to come.

This forum is not helping my tele gas recently at all.

You always need a Tele. I faltered in the last year or so, getting excited about other stuff. This has just put it right back in my number one spot. Reminding me how great they are, and also being the coolest guitar ever.

Oh that is NICE.

Yes. Yes it is. I didn’t mean to do it. But as soon as I saw it, and the price, I couldn’t not. And it’s perfect on every front. Never in my life thought that I’d own a 60s Fender!

[BoringPostcards]

Oooh, that’s nice! Good score!

[windmill]

Well done !

[Mechanical Birds]

Looks backwards? I think you got sold a fake my dude. Hopefully you didn’t spend too much on it

[OffYourFace]

Congrats!!!! What is this person’s name? Just curious.

[E Baxter Put]

nice! Has it been refinished? Don"t even see a chip on it, and the neck looks shiny. Pickguard must be a replacement with the pickup mounting holes.

Very cool though. I've had my 68 for a long time, and I hope to never lose it. The best pickups and the maple cap neck is super tough. Mine is beat to death though, but keeps on truckin.

Enjoy, its a beauty.

[sal paradise]

Congrats!!!! What is this person’s name? Just curious.

I’ll drop you a PM with the name. He’s not well-known, his band played as the backing group to country artists in the 80s like Larry Boone.

nice! Has it been refinished? Don"t even see a chip on it, and the neck looks shiny. Pickguard must be a replacement with the pickup mounting holes.

Very cool though. I've had my 68 for a long time, and I hope to never lose it. The best pickups and the maple cap neck is super tough. Mine is beat to death though, but keeps on truckin.

Enjoy, its a beauty.

The guy said the body has had a few touch-ups, but mostly just polished. Neck might have had a refin. I’ll take it apart & have a good look today.

I hadn’t noticed the pickguard - as per the above, this guitar did a lot of work in the 80s, so had some noiseless pickups fitted for a while (& a synth pickup). Must have lost the original around that time. I’ll ask him though, in case he’s got it knocking around. At 81, his memory still seemed pretty darn sharp.

[sal paradise]

Ok, so some interesting things going on here. Undisclosed humbucker route, & it’s painted.

Refin? He mentioned patch-repairs but said mostly just been polished. Would someone have bothered to paint the new routing to match the original, and would it even be possible to get such a good match?

[Chippertheripper]

That is indeed a once in a lifetime guitar. So cool.

If I were a betting man, I’d have to say it’s had a body refin…, but that’s not really my bag.

[Rob]

Ok, so some interesting things going on here. Undisclosed humbucker route, & it’s painted. Refin?

I'm no expert, by any means, but wouldn't a late-60 Fender have the tell-tale paint stick and likely some sort of stamp/scrawl in the neck pocket?

Just eyeballing it some of these photos, the area around the uneven-looking humbucker route (and lower-bout photo of side of the neck pocket in particular) really look like touch-up house paint or something. It's as if you can see a crack and missing chunk of the original finish just painted over with white house paint that doesn't look nearly as smooth or as yellowed as on other areas of the body. The amount of white paint transfer on the neck also makes me wonder.

If I had to guess, I'd say at the very least a partial body refin. Will be interested to see what more knowledgeable folks observe.

[walterwiseman]

Good god, that is nice. Congrats!

[MrFingers]

1967 should have the body dipped in fullerplast, so no grain pores should be visible (which they are on yours). I'd say complete body refin.

Neck appears original though