I love Thinline Teles … they really sing when you turn them up and you can ride the edge of feedback when you get it just exactly perfect. Beautiful amber natural finish on this 68 Tele Thinline with a Fiji mahogany body, a sharp pearl pickguard and a comfortable 60s oval C profile, plus a Bigsby B5 vibrato. A unique offering.
Fender says:
1968 saw the debut of the Telecaster Thinline—designed as a lighter new version of the Telecaster due to a shortage of lightweight ash bodywood. The guitar had hollow “wings” on either side of the body, with an f-hole on the bass side for a brilliant new look and warmly resonant tone. The ’68 Telecaster Thinline Journeyman Relic captures that year’s model in all its brilliance, with a few custom modifications including a Bigsby® B5 bridge and tailpiece for added vibrato. A semi-hollow Thinline mahogany or ash body wears a perfectly worn-in Journeyman Relic lacquer finish. The rift-sawn maple neck features a ’60s-style “oval C” profile, 9.5”-radius rift-sawn maple fingerboard and 21 narrow tall (6105) frets.
Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele® pickups provide extra-hot output for beautiful resonance and are hooked up to modern Telecaster wiring and three-way switch. Other features include a three-ply white pearl pickguard, Schaller® “F” tuning machines, bone nut, and wing string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
Condition: Light relic; Body: Fuji mahogany; Neck: 5/4 quarter sawn maple, 60 style Oval C profile (.850/.920), 9.5 radius; Nut: 1.650; Color: Aged amber natural; Pickups: handwound Texas Specials; Scale: 25.5; Orientation: Lefthanded (of course)
