My Tele does'nt exist?!

stevelkneivel · June 29th, 2006, 01:43 AM

Hi there. I just joined here, and would like to say how pleased I am that this place exists. Anyways, I just thought I'd write a quick note to see if anyone has
seen one of these before. I've spent a lot of time working in the "vintage" market(no sarcasm intended there

) and have not come across this guitar colour/ combo before. It's a '68 tele in blonde with white binding. I have emailed some cats in the States and the general type of response is " no existo". Out here in the desert, we can understand the scepticism, but we also know that there was no dealer for Fender in Oz in the 60's...so, most of what we seem to have got was custom orders. Not custom shop, custom orders. It is definately genuine, years of background knowledge and experience tell me so, and my eminantly groovy mates in the trade here also. It even smells right. The reason I'm writing is because, Like I said, I havn't seen one before and neither has anyone I've spoken too, and am up in the air about what to do with it. So has anyone seen one before

Let me know if you wanna, it's hard to put a value on this type of thing. Cheers all.

RockinCarl · June 29th, 2006, 01:57 AM

I think we need pictures. :)

stevelkneivel · June 29th, 2006, 05:32 AM

No worries. Theres one on my profile. But here's the only other one's so far. I'll post some more in a few days after I get some fresh ones.
P.S. Pickups are S/D tele's and I have the original saddles.

maestrovert · June 29th, 2006, 07:01 AM

they exist....Albert Collin's famous Tele for one example....

stevelkneivel · June 29th, 2006, 07:53 AM

I thought his was natural, double bound? Can't find any pictures on the web of it
in blonde. thanks though....

Tom S · June 29th, 2006, 09:52 AM

Collins had the binding added to his later on. It wasn't a bound model.

SteveY · June 29th, 2006, 10:55 AM

Could have been a special order?

June 29th, 2006, 01:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
stevelkneivel NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3	My Tele does'nt exist?! Hi there. I just joined here, and would like to say how pleased I am that this place exists. Anyways, I just thought I'd write a quick note to see if anyone has seen one of these before. I've spent a lot of time working in the "vintage" market(no sarcasm intended there ) and have not come across this guitar colour/ combo before. It's a '68 tele in blonde with white binding. I have emailed some cats in the States and the general type of response is " no existo". Out here in the desert, we can understand the scepticism, but we also know that there was no dealer for Fender in Oz in the 60's...so, most of what we seem to have got was custom orders. Not custom shop, custom orders. It is definately genuine, years of background knowledge and experience tell me so, and my eminantly groovy mates in the trade here also. It even smells right. The reason I'm writing is because, Like I said, I havn't seen one before and neither has anyone I've spoken too, and am up in the air about what to do with it. So has anyone seen one before Let me know if you wanna, it's hard to put a value on this type of thing. Cheers all. __________________ 48.9% of all statistics are made up on the spot...

June 29th, 2006, 07:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Branch Mi. Posts: 6,492	they exist....Albert Collin's famous Tele for one example.... __________________ Sing the Song Bro' Play on Drummer www.godonthe.net

June 29th, 2006, 07:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
stevelkneivel NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3	Not sure... I thought his was natural, double bound? Can't find any pictures on the web of it in blonde. thanks though.... __________________ 48.9% of all statistics are made up on the spot...

June 29th, 2006, 01:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
RockinCarl Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,477	I think we need pictures. :)

June 29th, 2006, 09:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tom S Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,211 49 Photos	Collins had the binding added to his later on. It wasn't a bound model.

June 29th, 2006, 10:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
SteveY Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Age: 58 Posts: 1,422	Could have been a special order?