Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Lake Placid Blue '62 "Thin Skin" on it's way

ESQUIREoholic · April 6th, 2008, 10:37 AM

Only a couple dealers got them:

Music Machine, Washington - West Coast

http://musicmachineguitars.com/1-888...CategoryID=143

and

Wildwood Guitars, Colorado

http://wildwoodguitars.com/electrics/fender/avts/
(check on Tele by year - 52', 55', 62')

I got mine from Wildwood through Troy but I hear that Music Machines is a great dealer too.

Here's the specs on my 62':

Model Name American Vintage "Thin Skin Nitro" ‘62 Telecaster®
Colors Lake Placid Blue,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Body Premium Alder Body
Neck 1-Piece Maple, “C” Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood, 9.5” Radius
No. of Frets 21 Dunlop 6105 Frets
Pickups 2 Custom Shop Tele® Single-Coil Pickups
Controls Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Neck and Bridge Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Bridge Original Vintage Style Tele Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Saddles and “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover
Machine Heads Fender/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard 1-Ply White
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm)
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
p/n 073-0250-006
Accessories Deluxe Brown Case,
Strap,
Cable,
Modern Six-Saddle Bridge - (mine didn't - but I like the original 3 saddle anyway)
Bridge Cover,
Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit
Case Deluxe Brown Case
FSR Date Certification

April 6th, 2008, 10:37 AM	#19 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	These were a FSR - (Fender Special Run) Only a couple dealers got them: Music Machine, Washington - West Coast http://musicmachineguitars.com/1-888...CategoryID=143 and Wildwood Guitars, Colorado http://wildwoodguitars.com/electrics/fender/avts/ (check on Tele by year - 52', 55', 62') I got mine from Wildwood through Troy but I hear that Music Machines is a great dealer too. Here's the specs on my 62': Model Name American Vintage "Thin Skin Nitro" ‘62 Telecaster® Colors Lake Placid Blue, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Body Premium Alder Body Neck 1-Piece Maple, “C” Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard Rosewood, 9.5” Radius No. of Frets 21 Dunlop 6105 Frets Pickups 2 Custom Shop Tele® Single-Coil Pickups Controls Master Volume, Master Tone Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Neck and Bridge Pickup Position 3. Neck Pickup Bridge Original Vintage Style Tele Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Saddles and “Ash Tray” Bridge Cover Machine Heads Fender/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines Hardware Chrome Pickguard 1-Ply White Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm) Width at Nut 1.650” (42 mm) Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel, Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046), p/n 073-0250-006 Accessories Deluxe Brown Case, Strap, Cable, Modern Six-Saddle Bridge - (mine didn't - but I like the original 3 saddle anyway) Bridge Cover, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit Case Deluxe Brown Case FSR Date Certification __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...