Help me identify my Tele

ruger9 · March 19th, 2006, 06:42 PM

...or tell me where to find a resource to look it up the serial#? I'm interested in what the wood is, and what tone control I have. I bought it in spring of 1994, so it could be a '93 or '94. It's a sunburst- altho I don't know if it's a 2- or 3-color sunburst. It's heavy. maple neck. The only things I've changed are pickups & the pickgaurd (the original guard was plain white).

Thanks gang!
(sorry for the pic quality... I only have my cell camera, wife & I getting a digital this month...)

The burst is a little more orange than the pic shows.

American Std.
Serial No. N3940658

Telemarkman · March 19th, 2006, 07:00 PM

The serial number says '93.

If I'm not wrong, it's a 3-tone sunburst, and the wood is
alder. (Ash in natural).

ruger9 · March 19th, 2006, 07:27 PM

Cool! So, is alder a lighter or heavier wood than ash/swamp ash? To ME, the guitar feels heavy, but a friend's parts caster (finished natural) is even heavier.

March 19th, 2006, 06:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
ruger9 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 1,663	Help me identify my Tele ...or tell me where to find a resource to look it up the serial#? I'm interested in what the wood is, and what tone control I have. I bought it in spring of 1994, so it could be a '93 or '94. It's a sunburst- altho I don't know if it's a 2- or 3-color sunburst. It's heavy. maple neck. The only things I've changed are pickups & the pickgaurd (the original guard was plain white). Thanks gang! (sorry for the pic quality... I only have my cell camera, wife & I getting a digital this month...) The burst is a little more orange than the pic shows. American Std. Serial No. N3940658 __________________ "I've got callouses, from all those nights, spent playin' a Telecaster, 'till my fingers bled Bud Light" - Travis Tritt

March 19th, 2006, 07:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
ruger9 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 1,663	Cool! So, is alder a lighter or heavier wood than ash/swamp ash? To ME, the guitar feels heavy, but a friend's parts caster (finished natural) is even heavier. __________________ "I've got callouses, from all those nights, spent playin' a Telecaster, 'till my fingers bled Bud Light" - Travis Tritt

March 19th, 2006, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Telemarkman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Age: 61 Posts: 4,729	The serial number says '93. If I'm not wrong, it's a 3-tone sunburst, and the wood is alder. (Ash in natural).