Fender "Telecaster" 1968

This 1968 Telecaster came to me in an unoriginal orange colour.

Later on it has been white but black suits this one better.

Equipped with a Gibson Humbucker (1968!) and of course the original

single coil pickup in the bridge position.

A CBS- era Fender with new Schaller tuners added.

The back of the neck on this instrument clearly

shows the playing marks. The neck has been refinished

Too much modifying so not of interest to collectors but
in the future another player certainly will have a lot of
fun with this guitar. The F stamped neck plate can
be studied better by clicking on this picture.

What is remarkable on these earlier Fender guitars is 

that the fingerboard is made out of Brasilian rosewood. 

Fender did this even until the early seventies as there 

were some stock left overs to use. A warning should be 

placed here however as Brasilian rosewood is an

endangered species and you need a CITES declaration 

to have it imported in foreign countries.