Original Blue Flower 68 Tele - With a difference ??????????????????????

guitars4you · December 2019

Comments invited - I should add this is a vintage 68 model and not a Jap replica

https://reverb.com/item/30017012-fender-1968-blue-floral-telecaster-w-original

Image: https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--GOazVoYP--/f_auto,t_large/v1574717012/yqzyeujulk5ljduc5dvk.jpg

YellowLedBetterMan · December 2019

Can I negatively wow something?

UnclePsychosis · December 2019

Doing that should be a crime.

gringopig · December 2019

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bbill335 · December 2019

a tragedy in one image

rze99 · December 2019

Painful. What's the story behind that?

skullfunkerry · December 2019

I'm sure @GoldenEraGuitars can blend that in...

Kittyfrisk · December 2019

Touch over enthusiastic these Fender Custom Shop chappies.

prlgmnr · December 2019

Can you confirm if that's a scratch or a part of the relicing process?

Philly_Q · December 2019

Relicing, Homes Under the Hammer style.

ICBM · December 2019

"Condition Very Good (Used)

Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape."

A few slight marks or scratches?!!

What's sad is that going by the edges, it probably wasn't in that bad condition.

MikeS · December 2019

Do you know what... It's overpriced for starters, but I'd happily play that. I'd leave it as is, maybe lacquer it, and just let it tell it's story.

ten77guitar · December 2019

Well this is interesting isn’t it?

https://reverb.com/item/661384-real-fender-telecaster-1968-blue-floral-body-pickguard-rarest-tele-model-pickguard-ever?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=661384

brucegill · December 2019

That’s the only one I’ve ever seen that I would actually own.... bloody hideous things.

scrumhalf · December 2019

MikeS said:

Do you know what... It's overpriced for starters, but I'd happily play that. I'd leave it as is, maybe lacquer it, and just let it tell it's story.

I think the story starts "Find the bastard who did this to me..."

ICBM · December 2019

ten77guitar said:

Well this is interesting isn’t it?

https://reverb.com/item/661384-real-fender-telecaster-1968-blue-floral-body-pickguard-rarest-tele-model-pickguard-ever?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=661384

Oh yes it is...

Proving that "all original" when applied to any vintage Fender can mean "all period correct parts, which may not necessarily have left the factory together" at best.

That seller has described the condition correctly too.

Philly_Q · December 2019

ten77guitar said:

Well this is interesting isn’t it?

https://reverb.com/item/661384-real-fender-telecaster-1968-blue-floral-body-pickguard-rarest-tele-model-pickguard-ever?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=661384

So it's a partscaster....

gringopig · December 2019

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Philly_Q · December 2019

gringopig said:
"We had the guitar fully vetted by one of the countries most respected vintage fender experts."

And he said "Get the fuck out of my shop!"

ICBM · December 2019

gringopig said:

"one of the countries most respected vintage fender experts". What a joke.

To be fair, how would you know? If all the parts are from the right year and there are no obvious giveaways like paint from a different body adhering to the neck heel, there is no way of telling whether an old Fender is factory original or assembled from parts of several different guitars.

Even redone solder joints wouldn't prove anything on that one, since it could have been had apart when the finish was being stripped.

Caveat emptor.

gringopig · December 2019

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