Telecaster model and posiible fake?
- Thread starter Galonsete
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The tuners and neck plate look like actual Fender parts. Everything else is from a low-end copy. Max value: US$150
pipthepilot
Tele-Meister
I wouldn't call myself an expert either but I do know my way around a telecaster 
There are quite a few things about this guitar that raise a red that it's not a genuine Fender.
Firstly, the serial number and decal. Z prefix was used by Fender in 2000 but usually starts Z0 or Z1. The font also looks bolder that the one Fender uses and the quality of the printing just doesn't look right.
I'm 99% sure the neck isn't a genuine fender. The headstock shape looks wrong to me and the transition line on the back of the headstock to the curve of the neck isn't right, it should come to more of a point or be almost non-existent. This one is a large radius curved line. The lower edge of the rear headstock should be rounded off but this one is square. The curve of the heel on this one looks like Gibson's round style and not the the convex triangle that Fenders have.
There aren't enough photos of the body close up for me to give an opinion as whether its genuine but the pickguard isn't positioned correctly and screw heads look too big to me.
Obviously its difficult to tell 100% from photos alone but I believe that best case, this is a Partscaster, possibly with a genuine fender body and some genuine Fender parts.
There are quite a few things about this guitar that raise a red that it's not a genuine Fender.
Firstly, the serial number and decal. Z prefix was used by Fender in 2000 but usually starts Z0 or Z1. The font also looks bolder that the one Fender uses and the quality of the printing just doesn't look right.
I'm 99% sure the neck isn't a genuine fender. The headstock shape looks wrong to me and the transition line on the back of the headstock to the curve of the neck isn't right, it should come to more of a point or be almost non-existent. This one is a large radius curved line. The lower edge of the rear headstock should be rounded off but this one is square. The curve of the heel on this one looks like Gibson's round style and not the the convex triangle that Fenders have.
There aren't enough photos of the body close up for me to give an opinion as whether its genuine but the pickguard isn't positioned correctly and screw heads look too big to me.
Obviously its difficult to tell 100% from photos alone but I believe that best case, this is a Partscaster, possibly with a genuine fender body and some genuine Fender parts.
Nope, that body is not a Fender. The lower bout has the wrong shape.
pipthepilot
Tele-Meister
Yes, looking at it again you're absolutely right. I was distracted by the pickguard, but both the body shape and pickguard are wrong.
mixmkr 2023
Tele-Meister
G string tuner is crooked
shallbe
Tele-Meister
Terrible fake. Stay away.
Yep; total fake, could be a Chinese counterfeit. They try to use a legit serial number format (and sometimes even a legit serial number - but they will use the same serial number on every guitar they produce) to fake out all those serial number lookup sites on the web. But it will either come up as not found in the lookup on Fender's website or if it was in fact a real serial number it will come up as something other than what you're looking at (for example you're looking at a Tele and the number comes back as a Jazz Bass).
@pipthepilot - I just wanted to point out that Fender used the "Z" prefix throughout the 2000s so there are numbers ranging from Z0xxxxxx through Z9xxxxxx. So the fake Tele that @Galonsete has found has a faked 2009 serial number.
@pipthepilot - I just wanted to point out that Fender used the "Z" prefix throughout the 2000s so there are numbers ranging from Z0xxxxxx through Z9xxxxxx. So the fake Tele that @Galonsete has found has a faked 2009 serial number.
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
Faker than my sister-in-law when she’s being nice.
Faker than my neighbor’s collagen-injected lips.
Faker than Marv Albert’s hair.
Faker than my neighbor’s collagen-injected lips.
Faker than Marv Albert’s hair.
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FSRCustomTeleHHGT
Tele-Meister
Given that you can get a new Squier Tele with warranty for about that price, I'd say your estimate is way high. This "Tele" is firewood. Who knows what kind of a trussrod this thing has inside its counterfeit neck. I wouldn't pay $20 to find out.
Solaris moon
Tele-Holic
Nope! Not a single part on this is real Fender!! That neck plate should be bigger in its' lettering under the Fender logo and it should be spaced much further down with hole in it for a microtilt device. Also the body shape of the shoulder on the bass side and the pickguard are all wrong and the screws are too big. The headstock and the logo and the serial number are a huge give away! The truss rod surround on the headstock is too long and dark and the dots in the fretboard look too fake and small. The bridge should also have Fender stamped under the pickup. The only real Fender part on this may be the machine heads with all else being the quality of firewood!
ReverendRevolver
Friend of Leo's
The serial almost looks edited on the image. In the wrong font.
There are better fakes, and better guitars not trying to be copies.
There are better fakes, and better guitars not trying to be copies.
giogolf
Tele-Holic
That is one of the worst fakes I have seen. Just about everything is wrong with it.. Id throw that in the fire place and make believe it didn't happen
My advice: COUNTER by using your FEIT 
I'm sure the truss rod is fine. Even the cheapest guitars out there have regular truss rods in them. This was probably assembled from cheap parts.
It hardly seems worth any exclamation points, but the majority of Fender guitars do not have microtilts.
Or you could just say it’s an obvious fake and save your typing hand.I wouldn't call myself an expert either but I do know my way around a telecaster
There are quite a few things about this guitar that raise a red that it's not a genuine Fender.
Firstly, the serial number and decal. Z prefix was used by Fender in 2000 but usually starts Z0 or Z1. The font also looks bolder that the one Fender uses and the quality of the printing just doesn't look right.
I'm 99% sure the neck isn't a genuine fender. The headstock shape looks wrong to me and the transition line on the back of the headstock to the curve of the neck isn't right, it should come to more of a point or be almost non-existent. This one is a large radius curved line. The lower edge of the rear headstock should be rounded off but this one is square. The curve of the heel on this one looks like Gibson's round style and not the the convex triangle that Fenders have.
There aren't enough photos of the body close up for me to give an opinion as whether its genuine but the pickguard isn't positioned correctly and screw heads look too big to me.
Obviously its difficult to tell 100% from photos alone but I believe that best case, this is a Partscaster, possibly with a genuine fender body and some genuine Fender parts.
Solaris moon
Tele-Holic
Actually you'd be surprised at how many have this mirco-tilt device installed in them. This was real popular in the early part of this century.
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pipthepilot
Tele-Meister
Just stating "it’s an obvious fake" doesn't help the OP or anyone else to spot fakes in the future. Providing information on what to look for does.
