Possibly the coolest Thinline Tele ever?
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Lol
Trussart and Le Pape I mean
Trussart and Le Pape I mean
Definitely unique. Looks like a mongrel assembled by an employee from various parts. Probably not an official 'prototype', because mongrels like this are a common thing at guitar factories.
This guitar here is the coolest thinline...in my guitar pile. It's a homebrew known as the Thinline III:
This guitar here is the coolest thinline...in my guitar pile. It's a homebrew known as the Thinline III:
I like the pickguard cutoutDefinitely unique. Looks like a mongrel assembled by an employee from various parts. Probably not an official 'prototype', because mongrels like this are a common thing at guitar factories.
This guitar here is the coolest thinline...in my guitar pile. It's a homebrew known as the Thinline III:
Happy Enchilada
Friend of Leo's
Lots of us had "Alternative Reality" back then ...
KC
Poster Extraordinaire
Wildwood! made by injecting dyes into the living tree.
Feel free to steal that!
Doesn't work without an F-hole
This one have seen some play
It’s interesting that so many boutique builders are making thinline guitars with those similar features. Super cool and ahead of its time.
pipthepilot
Tele-Meister
Absolutely a mongrel assembly. If you take a look at the other photos in the post, you can see where the tele bridge plate has not only been cut in half but has, what looks like surgical tubing raising it up to get the pickup in the correct position under the strings. Also, it must have a massage wedge in the heel to adjust the neck angle for the higher Mustang bridge.Definitely unique. Looks like a mongrel assembled by an employee from various parts. Probably not an official 'prototype', because mongrels like this are a common thing at guitar factories.
This guitar here is the coolest thinline...in my guitar pile. It's a homebrew known as the Thinline III:
Still looks cool though
Man, that's the coolest Custom ever
Is it me or does it look like the fretboard is sprayed? Looks super glossy and I dig it.This popped up on my instagram feed today from Davidson’s Well Strung Guitars (@wellstrungguitars) • Instagram photos and videos (more photos in the link)
Apparently, it's a 1966 prototype from Fender's experimental era.
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Love the look of the Jazzmaster headstock with Mustang Vibrato on a thinline Tele. I particularly like the shape of the F-holes, I think I prefer these to the standard ones.
IMO, this is one hell of a cool Guitar. It's so unusual that I thought I would post here for others to appreciate it
TurtlesnTanlines
TDPRI Member
Reverse F-hole is fierce looking. Tho, that blue one with a bigsby belongs on the big stage.
Texas Special
Tele-Holic
It certainly was a wildwood finish. Somewhere I have a Japanese book that shows this (and many others) that emerged from the Factory at this time.
horseman308
Tele-Holic
All Thinlines are awesome. Some are more awesome than others.
radiocaster
Doctor of Teleocity
Late 60s/early 70s had some of the weirdest prototypes.
This one is from the mandolin family:
Beach Boys guitar:
Marauder, this one is not so obscure:
strat
Japanese ST68-HO, based on US prototype:
Musicmaster Bass:
This one is from the mandolin family:
Beach Boys guitar:
Marauder, this one is not so obscure:
strat
Japanese ST68-HO, based on US prototype:
Musicmaster Bass:
Which neck pickup is that? It looks like a Gold Foil.
