A Near Mint 1957 'V' Neck Telecaster.

This fifty-three year old Blond beauty weighs just 6.80 lbs. and has a medium to thick 'V' neck profile with a nice fat nut width of just over 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Solid ash body and fretted maple neck with 21 original small frets and black dot position markers. One plain metal-cover "black-bottom" pickup with slot-head adjusting screws (at neck) with an output of 6.26k, and one black six-polepiece "copper-coated metal plate bottom" pickup with staggered polepieces (angled in bridgeplate) with an output of 6.24k. Single-layer white ABS pickguard with five screws. The neck is dated in pencil "8-57". The bridge pickup cavity is dated in pencil "8-57". This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition with just a tiny amount of light edgewear. The lovely grain of the ash body shows very well through the finish, and this wonderful gem is quite simply one of the best sounding "white guard" Telecasters that we have handled! With original 1957-58 Fender Catalog, original Fender hang tag, original brown leather strap, bridge cover and guitar lead. Housed in the original Fender tweed hardshell case with light red plush lining (9.25).