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Last minute shot of my 2008 #Fender #CustomShop ‘67 #Telecaster #Relic in #ShorelineGold, along with a genuine, non-reissue, 1957 Fender #Champ #amp. Never let it be said that, even with 10 minutes or less of available sunlight once he gets home from...

Last minute shot of my 2008 #Fender #CustomShop ‘67 #Telecaster #Relic in #ShorelineGold, along with a genuine, non-reissue, 1957 Fender #Champ #amp.

Never let it be said that, even with 10 minutes or less of available sunlight once he gets home from work at the end of a long, hard day that your ol’ pal #DeeBeeUs™ won’t do his damndest to fire up the ol’ #Nikon and bang off a shot or two of his #Teles just to say he posted at least ONE Telecaster photo on #TeleTuesday! God forbid he should defy the unwritten, yet universally obeyed convention enforced by the collective will of the legions of semi-dictatorial Tele aficionados on Instagram! When Instagram says “jump” I want everyone to know that DeeBeeUs™ answers “how high?”. I tow that line people!

PS: I am NOT insane. In case you were wondering.

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#fenderguitars #fendercustomshop #fendertelecaster #shoreline #reissue #fenderamps #vintageamps #amplifiers #tweedamps #tweed #guitarcollection #guitarphotography #ampphotography #NOTinsane

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Nov 22, 2016

And here’s (probably) the last guitar I will (probably) sell to help pay for the new (old) ES-355:  it’s a circa-2005 Fender Custom Shop ‘67 Telecaster Relic in shoreline gold.  Shoreline isn’t flashy like Surf Green or Dakota.  It’s subtle, and understated.  It’s the thinking-person’s custom colour!  :D

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Jul 02, 2014

Imagine it…

Leo Fender, a man who built amplifiers and repaired radios in the 1940s, a man who did not even play the guitar, sets out to create a solid body electric guitar that could be mass produced inexpensively by mostly unskilled workers (i.e. luthiers not required!) in a Henry Ford-style assembly line factory.

So Leo fiddles around and experiments with pickups and wood.  He gives the prototype a bolt-on neck (unheard of in those days) a maple fretboard (also unheard of in those days!).  He doesn’t install a truss rod…his theory is that if the player wears out or breaks the neck, s/he can just bolt on a replacement (n.b., Fender Sales pretty much forced Leo to install truss rods because, they told him, no music store would buy a guitar with no truss rod!)

Perhaps the smartest thing Leo did was to give his prototype guitars to local gigging musicians to test out in a live performance situation.  He gathered their feedback and incorporated their ideas and comments into his design.

And the Telecaster was the guitar he came up with.  He got it absolutely right on his first try!  Over 62 years later the Telecaster is still essentially the same guitar it was in 1951.    

This example is from my collection.  It is a Custom Shop ‘67 Relic in a very understated Shoreline Gold.

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Jan 01, 2014

This was my first Custom Shop Telecaster - it’s a 2005-ish ‘67 Relic in Shoreline Gold and I bought it used from Cosmo Music, Richmond Hill (Suburb of Toronto) Canada in Jan 2011.

Check the strap too.  I used to play whatever strap I found…the cheapest I   could find.  Because of the cheap, thin materials, they broke sometimes while gigging  but for 10 bucks who cared?   Over the last couple of years i have been discovering the appeal of more expensive straps.  Not just because they are stronger, more long-lasting and durable, but because they honest look a LOT better than the cheap ones I used to use.  This one is by Levy’s, and it cost 60 dollars…which seems like a lost, but the leather is top quality and soft…it feel like you’re getting a shoulder massage every time you strap a guitar on!  ;)  Bought at Mojo Music, Oakville (another suburb of Toronto).

(Epiphone Reissue Casino in the background)

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Feb 09, 2013
Assuming this is an original finish and it’s vintage (as opposed to a Reissue or Custom Shop Relic) a Strat in a custom colour as rare as this, this Strat would cost literally thousands of dollars more than its “common color” cousins! PS: is it...

Assuming this is an original finish and it’s vintage (as opposed to a Reissue or Custom Shop Relic) a Strat in a custom colour as rare as this, this Strat would cost literally thousands of dollars more than its “common color” cousins!

PS: is it “Aztec Gold”, “Firemist Gold Metallic”, or another gold I am not aware of?  It is definitely NOT Shoreline Gold…that’s 100% for sure!

PPS: Sunburst was the standard finish for a Strat…starting with 2 tone in 1954 and switching to 3 tone (aka 3TSB) in 1958 (I think!).  I believe that in those days, if you wanted a Strat in anything BUT sunburst, it had to be ordered from Fender.  If I am not mistaken, Rory Gallagher got his (temporarily!) sunburst Strat second hand because the guy who had ordered it originally ordered a custom colour, and Fender sent a sunburst one instead…so he didn’t want it…and that’s how Rory got it!

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Nov 19, 2012

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