Yet Another USA Fender Chambered Body Telecaster?

trackerdan · May 27th, 2007, 01:43 PM

Hello, So just when I thought I had seen it all concerning chambered body Tele's I walked into the local GC the other day and there front row and center was a Brand spanking new USA Fender Chambered Mahogany body Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard, medium jumbo frets, MOP fret markers and painted gloss black headstock with chrome decal. The mahogany body was tastefully done in the heritage cherry type finish.

I cannot find this cataloged on Fender website? Anybody have an idea about this model or a link to it on Fender?

Thanks.

eryque · May 27th, 2007, 01:48 PM

Was the body chambered, or was it a thinline?

What was the price tag?

trackerdan · May 27th, 2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by eryque

Was the body chambered, or was it a thinline?

What was the price tag?

It was chambered not a thinline(no holes, looks like a solid body). It was over $1k.

Help me out here folks!

csapo · May 27th, 2007, 02:38 PM

FSR for GC, maybe?

montyphoto · May 27th, 2007, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by trackerdan

Hello, So just when I thought I had seen it all concerning chambered body Tele's I walked into the local GC the other day and there front row and center was a Brand spanking new USA Fender Chambered Mahogany body Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard, medium jumbo frets, MOP fret markers and painted gloss black headstock with chrome decal. The mahogany body was tastefully done in the heritage cherry type finish.

I cannot find this cataloged on Fender website? Anybody have an idea about this model or a link to it on Fender?

Thanks.

Might it have been a Telesonic. Telesonics have a chambered Mahogony body, with painted headstock. They come with D'Armond 2k P'ups that have
a definite NON-tele sound/tone. I had one in tobacco/brown 'burst. Played like a dream but could never warm up entirely to the tone....PLUS the damn thing weighed nearly as much as my 80 Les Paul...{;-)

rockawayrocks · May 27th, 2007, 07:05 PM

The GC in Totowa NJ has one like you've described. I read somewhere that it was a special run for them. It's as light as any Thinline I've held. Nice color too.

telel6s · May 27th, 2007, 08:21 PM

Saw one in GC in Fairfax Virginia on Thursday. It was stuck away from all the other Fenders down on the end of the wall with the Deans, Jacksons and Daisy Rock. I picked it up for a few seconds....seemed well made and light, but I've never gotten along with the modern bridge so I stuck it back on the wall.

nedray · May 27th, 2007, 09:58 PM

All the GCs seem to have them, so it might be made for them. I've picked up about 3 of them, really wanting to like it. I didn't. Very screechy and thin without any of the resonance that you'd expect from having some air in the body. Awful expensive too. JMHO and YMMV and all that, of course.

Tdot · May 27th, 2007, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by trackerdan

I cannot find this cataloged on Fender website? Anybody have an idea about this model or a link to it on Fender?

Like THIS ONE?

trackerdan · May 28th, 2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Tdot

Like THIS ONE?

Now picture that guitar with a gloss black headstock with chrome decal and medium jumbo frets with MOP dot inlays and the body is the same color but made out of mahogany. Then bingo you have have it!

It seems that if it was a special run for GC they would catalog as such like the limited all rosewood one they are building for Wildwood Guitars and a couple others right now? Like this:

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0150067821

C'mon if they build it they should catalog it?

Thanks.

Ivan · May 28th, 2007, 04:23 AM

In the new issue of Guitar & Bass Magazine (UK), in their report of the Frankfurt guitar show there were three new Fenders.
The first two are already on the Fender website (a Commemorative '57 Strat, and a Spalted Custom Tele).
The third isnt on the website. The picture of it only shows the body, but its a special run Palo Escrito Telecaster. The picture shows a tele with a body made of Palo Escrito, with a rosewood board, black pickguard.

Tdot · May 28th, 2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by trackerdan

C'mon if they build it they should catalog it?

Fender never Catalogs FSR models because they are not only limited quantities, but limited for purchase from the one place that ordered them. Also an FSR order could happen anytime after catalogs are printed, and the spec's wouldn't be known to fender until they order request is made by GC/MF/whoever.

jasonqtx · January 24th, 2008, 12:11 AM

its this one:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-A...29-i1321200.gc

i just bought one off ebay yesterday. this should be good.

boris bubbanov · January 24th, 2008, 12:40 AM

Now, for the guy out there that wants a thin thin neck (albeit 1 + 11/16ths) this guitar sure has it.

Bubbanov

AjayTele · January 24th, 2008, 01:40 AM

I thought that the chambered body Mahogany Tele was a standard product...

I bought one on ebay (not from GC) it's beautiful.

Is this what you saw?

Deacon Blue · January 24th, 2008, 10:00 AM

Some one beat me to it. As you were.

Jeff

kingalingus · January 24th, 2008, 03:49 PM

It would look much better with a Glendale bridge on it...IMHO

AjayTele · January 25th, 2008, 07:53 PM

I think not!

May 27th, 2007, 01:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
trackerdan TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N Ca. Posts: 77	Yet Another USA Fender Chambered Body Telecaster? Hello, So just when I thought I had seen it all concerning chambered body Tele's I walked into the local GC the other day and there front row and center was a Brand spanking new USA Fender Chambered Mahogany body Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard, medium jumbo frets, MOP fret markers and painted gloss black headstock with chrome decal. The mahogany body was tastefully done in the heritage cherry type finish. I cannot find this cataloged on Fender website? Anybody have an idea about this model or a link to it on Fender? Thanks.

May 27th, 2007, 01:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 6,977 44 Photos	Was the body chambered, or was it a thinline? What was the price tag? __________________ my blog: eryque.blogspot.com Updated 9.17.08! Subscribe_____________________

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csapo Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: City by the Bay Posts: 998	FSR for GC, maybe? __________________ Gear List

May 27th, 2007, 07:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
rockawayrocks Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: rockaway new jersey Age: 56 Posts: 204 1 Photos	The GC in Totowa NJ has one like you've described. I read somewhere that it was a special run for them. It's as light as any Thinline I've held. Nice color too. __________________ Tom "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" '06 Hwy 1 '06 MIM Std Tele (soon to be a Warmouth Thinline) '03 Martin SWOMGT '05 Epiphone Masterbilt AJ500M

May 27th, 2007, 08:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
telel6s Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,171 80 Photos	GC - Fairfax VA has one also Saw one in GC in Fairfax Virginia on Thursday. It was stuck away from all the other Fenders down on the end of the wall with the Deans, Jacksons and Daisy Rock. I picked it up for a few seconds....seemed well made and light, but I've never gotten along with the modern bridge so I stuck it back on the wall. __________________ Mama always said, "A little tone is good for the soul."

May 27th, 2007, 09:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
nedray Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: No. Virginia Age: 55 Posts: 165	All the GCs seem to have them, so it might be made for them. I've picked up about 3 of them, really wanting to like it. I didn't. Very screechy and thin without any of the resonance that you'd expect from having some air in the body. Awful expensive too. JMHO and YMMV and all that, of course.

May 28th, 2007, 04:23 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ivan Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 381 2 Photos	In the new issue of Guitar & Bass Magazine (UK), in their report of the Frankfurt guitar show there were three new Fenders. The first two are already on the Fender website (a Commemorative '57 Strat, and a Spalted Custom Tele). The third isnt on the website. The picture of it only shows the body, but its a special run Palo Escrito Telecaster. The picture shows a tele with a body made of Palo Escrito, with a rosewood board, black pickguard. __________________ Ivan __________________________ '06 Gibson Les Paul Standard '06 Martin D-35 '06 Fender AV '62 Stratocaster (Wildwood Thinskin) '05 Fender AV '52 Telecaster

January 24th, 2008, 12:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
jasonqtx NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: san antonio Age: 31 Posts: 1	its this one: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-A...29-i1321200.gc i just bought one off ebay yesterday. this should be good.

January 24th, 2008, 12:40 AM	#14 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 7,641	Now, for the guy out there that wants a thin thin neck (albeit 1 + 11/16ths) this guitar sure has it. Bubbanov

January 24th, 2008, 01:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
AjayTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 952 12 Photos	I thought that the chambered body Mahogany Tele was a standard product... I bought one on ebay (not from GC) it's beautiful. Is this what you saw?

January 24th, 2008, 10:00 AM	#16 (permalink)
Deacon Blue Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Waxahachie, Tx. Age: 65 Posts: 293	Some one beat me to it. As you were. Jeff __________________ "Boomadilly wah wah bippy bopaloo la whoa!" Thurston Harris

January 24th, 2008, 03:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
kingalingus Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 41 Posts: 313 7 Photos	It would look much better with a Glendale bridge on it...IMHO

January 25th, 2008, 07:53 PM	#18 (permalink)
AjayTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 952 12 Photos	I think not!