player-grade-tele
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My guitar is a mystery tele. I bought it (around $300) in 1988 at South Austin Music in Austin Texas. It has no finish, that is to say, it had been completely sanded free of paint when I bought it and I've never painted or finished it. It's bare wood. It has a CBS serial number from 1983. As I've been able to find here on TDPRI, FMIC used up the existing stock of serial number stickers on their new product in the mid 1980s, making the serial number dating unreliable for a few years. The strings are through the body, indicating that it was made after the FMIC takeover. The bridge is the one with six individual, adjustable saddles. So it's not an AVRI. But it has two string trees, a pre-FMIC feature. My best guess is that it is from the start-up phase of FMIC and the string trees are a left-over from the CBS days. It's been extensively modified, but I've never had the neck off, so I haven't seen the neck stamp. Currently it has Schaller tuners and straplocks, a Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder in the neck and a phase reversal switch.
Anyway, here are some photos.
I've picked up many, many tips in these forums. It's a little embarrassing that it has taken me this long to join.
My guitar is a mystery tele. I bought it (around $300) in 1988 at South Austin Music in Austin Texas. It has no finish, that is to say, it had been completely sanded free of paint when I bought it and I've never painted or finished it. It's bare wood. It has a CBS serial number from 1983. As I've been able to find here on TDPRI, FMIC used up the existing stock of serial number stickers on their new product in the mid 1980s, making the serial number dating unreliable for a few years. The strings are through the body, indicating that it was made after the FMIC takeover. The bridge is the one with six individual, adjustable saddles. So it's not an AVRI. But it has two string trees, a pre-FMIC feature. My best guess is that it is from the start-up phase of FMIC and the string trees are a left-over from the CBS days. It's been extensively modified, but I've never had the neck off, so I haven't seen the neck stamp. Currently it has Schaller tuners and straplocks, a Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder in the neck and a phase reversal switch.
Anyway, here are some photos.
I've picked up many, many tips in these forums. It's a little embarrassing that it has taken me this long to join.
