Up for sale, a 1989 Fender Telecaster ‘72 vintage reissue model TL72-55 in excellent condition and in perfect working order. The guitar features an uncommon rosewood fretboard (for the TL72 model), with a basswood body that offers a smooth, balanced natural acoustic quality. The pair of TL-Vintage single coil pickups deliver quintessential Tele tonalities: the flat-pole bridge pickup offers twang and percussive cut, while the neck pickup is round and bell-like. This Telecaster weighs 7lbs 10oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Slender C, fast feel, measuring .815” 1st fret, .915” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius
-Frets: Slender, sporadic wear beneath the plain strings on frets 2-5
-Scale Length: 25 1/2”
-Nut: 42mm (1.650")
-Tuners: Gotoh
-Serialization: “Made in Japan,” G-prefix (headstock face)
Body Specs:
-Wood: Basswood
-Pickups: TL-Vintage single coil x2
-Harness: Untouched solder, full-size Japanese pots date to October, 1989
-Controls: Volume, Tone, Three-way pickup selector
-Hardware: “Pat. Pend” bridge with steel barrel saddles, flat-topped knurled knobs
-Plastics: Three-ply black pickguard, top hat switch tip
The gloss Black finish exhibits touched-up finish chipping adjacent to the input jack, one finish chip on the bass-side lower bout body edge, some pic scuffing across the guard, and a few additional minor marks on the body as a whole. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is flawless, with a light “tan line” from previously removed inked text on the back of the headstock.
A padded gigbag is included.