Members tbx Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 any way to tell for sure about what kind of telecaster you're buying? a guy is selling what he thinks is a blue 1993 USA fender Tele with plain maple neck. so far, i've only seen photos but it looks awesome clean in those, and the initial asking price is 550, which seems like a real good price to me. is it really, or am i mistaken? but how can you tell if you're looking at this telecaster or that telecaster if someone is ... uh... mistaken about its origins? like if this were actually MI?? instead of MIUSA, or a rebadged squier, or whatever? any help would make me real happy - especially if it saves me overpaying for some kind of rawdeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 http://www.fender.com/support/dating/fender_us_dating.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 post pictures and any details (serial number ect.) you have over at www.tdpri.com (tele forum) there are a lot of folks over there that know teles inside and out (kinda scary) You should get some good advice over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbx Posted March 17, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 i know it has only been a couple of hours or so, but so far 40+ views on the telecaster boards and no joy in terms of assistance. hm. then again, the guy hasn't gotten back in touch to say whether he still has it or not, either, so maybe the question will be moot. but if anyone here has any other ideas about the fairness of the price or how to check authenticity, pls do let me know. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 Originally posted by tbx any way to tell for sure about what kind of telecaster you're buying? a guy is selling what he thinks is a blue 1993 USA fender Tele with plain maple neck. so far, i've only seen photos but it looks awesome clean in those, and the initial asking price is 550, which seems like a real good price to me. is it really, or am i mistaken? but how can you tell if you're looking at this telecaster or that telecaster if someone is ... uh... mistaken about its origins? like if this were actually MI?? instead of MIUSA, or a rebadged squier, or whatever? any help would make me real happy - especially if it saves me overpaying for some kind of rawdeal. What you need is a good pic of the bridge... It's tiny, but it does look like an AmStd bridge. The intonation screws would be offset and the saddles sintered steel (not smooth and shiny). Also, it does look like it has 22 frets. Can you post more pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbx Posted March 17, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 these are all the images he's offering. got word from him that he's out til tomorrow in the AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 17, 2006 Members Share Posted March 17, 2006 Originally posted by tbx these are all the images he's offering. got word from him that he's out til tomorrow in the AM. From what I can see, that's an American Standard strung with D'Addarios. If it's a '93, it's definitely when they had more of D shape than the C shape they have now (they now have a little more meat in the "shoulders" of the neck, or the area towards the ends of the fretboard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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