Mint '78 Telecaster Deluxe, black sunburst, stunning museum condition. Serial no. S808825 dates it to 1978. A seriously clean guitar that will appeal to collectors. Appears ungigged with zero body/neck flaws, not even a hint of a belt buckle scratch. Pickup covers have mild pick scratches.

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This Tele is a beautiful beast, weighing in at almost 11 lbs. It sustains like crazy in clean, edge, or crunch amp settings. The Seth Lover humbuckers sound Gibson fat and Fender bright. Huge dynamic range from "Les Paul thick" to "Tele bright."  Here is a demo of me playing it through a Fender G-DEC3 on a blackface gain setting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1syXEFbGZ7A 

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To my knowledge the guitar has 100% original parts featuring '78 dated pots, '78 stamped pickups, original bridge, tuners, pickguard, knobs, etc. Neck stamp dates to 1973!

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Body & Construction

• Body wood is beautifully grained swamp ash 

• Belly comfort contour cut on the back

• Bridge is a 6-saddle hardtail 

• Black/honey gold sunburst

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Neck Specs

• Maple neck, maple fretboard

• 3-bolt Micro-Tilt neck plate

• Headstock: Large CBS-era "Strat-style" headstock

• Scale Length: 25.5 inches

• Nut Width: 1.625 inches (1 5/8")

• Fretboard Radius: 7.25-inch radius, 21 fret

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Electronics & Hardware

• Dual Seth Lover-designed Fender Wide Range Humbuckers, featuring individual DC resistances generally around 9.9k–10.5k ohms

• 2 Volume controls, 2 Tone controls and a 3-way toggle switch on the upper pickguard

• Pickguard is black 3-ply, housing all electronics​​

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