1969 Fender Telecaster
A Late Sixties Olympic White Telecaster
This rare 'custom color' late sixties Olympic White Telecaster weighs 8.20 lbs. and has a nut width of 1 5/8 and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck with a wonderful medium to thick profile, 21 frets and inlaid black dot position markers. Headstock decal with "Fender" logo in black with gold trim, "Telecaster" in black beside it, and two patent numbers beneath "Fender." Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Single "butterfly" string tree. Four-bolt neck plate with large Fender "F" logo and serial number ("278209") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an amazingly hot output of 6.64k and one light gray-bottom six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with an output of 5.95k. Three-layer white/black/white (over pearloid) plastic pickguard with eight screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and one three-way selector switch (with black plastic "Top-Hat" tip), all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender combined bridge/tailpiece with original chrome "ashtray" bridge cover. The neck is stamped in green "3 21 015 B" and the pots are dated "137 6631" (CTS August 1966). The original Olympic White has mellowed nicely and the neck shows virtually no sign of wear. There is a tiny piece missing from the edge of the pickguard (by the controls) and also a small crack on the edge of the pickguard by the screwhole nearest the bass edge. There is a small mark on the bass edge of the body and a few very minor edge dings. There is a square area of very feint discoloration on the back of the guitar due to resting on something in the case. Overall this thirty-nine year old guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition with just the tiniest amount of finish checking to the body and headstock face. Complete with the original bridge-cover "Ashtray" and the original May 15, 1969 twelve page Fender price list. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with dark orange plush lining (9.00).
This rare 'custom color' late sixties Olympic White Telecaster weighs 8.20 lbs. and has a nut width of 1 5/8 and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck with a wonderful medium to thick profile, 21 frets and inlaid black dot position markers. Headstock decal with "Fender" logo in black with gold trim, "Telecaster" in black beside it, and two patent numbers beneath "Fender." Individual Fender "F" tuners with octagonal metal buttons. Single "butterfly" string tree. Four-bolt neck plate with large Fender "F" logo and serial number ("278209") between the top two screws. One plain metal-cover pickup (at neck) with an amazingly hot output of 6.64k and one light gray-bottom six-polepiece pickup (angled in bridgeplate) with an output of 5.95k. Three-layer white/black/white (over pearloid) plastic pickguard with eight screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and one three-way selector switch (with black plastic "Top-Hat" tip), all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Chrome knobs with flat tops and knurled sides. Fender combined bridge/tailpiece with original chrome "ashtray" bridge cover. The neck is stamped in green "3 21 015 B" and the pots are dated "137 6631" (CTS August 1966). The original Olympic White has mellowed nicely and the neck shows virtually no sign of wear. There is a tiny piece missing from the edge of the pickguard (by the controls) and also a small crack on the edge of the pickguard by the screwhole nearest the bass edge. There is a small mark on the bass edge of the body and a few very minor edge dings. There is a square area of very feint discoloration on the back of the guitar due to resting on something in the case. Overall this thirty-nine year old guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition with just the tiniest amount of finish checking to the body and headstock face. Complete with the original bridge-cover "Ashtray" and the original May 15, 1969 twelve page Fender price list. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with dark orange plush lining (9.00).
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