Original Vintage FENDER TELECASTER THINLINE 1973 Model Much wear,some Modification

Slideshow after annual service.
Neck fingerboard relaquered ( 1k Acrylic ) but original patina retained.....
(It was looking filthy black as fretboard had its laquer removed 20+ years earlier and all the dirt and fastfret etc had worked itself into the maple surface.) The relaquering had the effect of lowering the frets which were worn anyway making it feel very nice indeed. Many mods..Some good' some questionable..but you must remember before criticising these guitars were used and abused as working guitars altho we still cared for them originality was not a concern back then . I bought it as a 5 year old from LANGDONS ELECTRIC MUSIC in Wolverhampton in october 1978 for £200 ( £1300 in todays money based on average earnings). It cost £400 new in 1973 which is £5500 in todays Money based on average earings over 36 years. I suppose the average weekly wage must have been £50? So the original purchaser paid 8 times his weekly income in 1973? So.. Lets say an average income is £400 a week today then that would make it £3200 in todays money? Hmmmmmm Well you wouldnt catch me paying that now as I am reknown for buying VERY cheap kit from Ebay HaHa... It was not very well set up and had many defects from the factory but the neck was slim and narrow and very true.. so I just Did whatever mod I thought would make it a better workhorse. This included a new bridge pickup from a 1970s Yamaha SG 2000/Removing rear of body to stop resonance at high amplification ( NWOBHM ) and coil Taps /removal of tone control/custom Brass scratch plate /Strat style bridge pieces and so on. It was used in a working band for 20 years and daily since then as a loved instrument.

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• Fender
• Telecaster
• 1973
• thinline
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• Langdons
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• Mike
• Hoppett

[BLACKBEARDSBOOMBOX]

the only thing that sucks more than this guitar is you.

[mikehoppett]

@BLACKBEARDSBOOMBOX

Hey Kid.......someone just ordered 4 big Macs! get a move on sonny!!

[summusicfreak]

ur a funny dude

[mikehoppett]

@summusicfreak

I am unique, a one off, an individual.........I do not follow the crowd..I run my own business, and no one tells me what to do...except my mum hahaha.. ;-)

[peterm3964]

A classic guitar and you chhose to pklay this CRAPPY MUSIC ???????

[mikehoppett]

@peterm3964 I thought I would kick the Wasps nest........It worked ;-)

[GuitarRockBitch]

Such a great guitar and than mix it with such crap music. Such a failure

[dokkholiday]

@mikehoppett LMAO ;)

[CFMD28]

I dig the vibe of it Mike. Follow your heart, screw the lemmings!

[MrFenderbender97]

Looks weird but awesome at the same time

[concretejungle80cruz]

nice guitar. why ruin the video with crappy music like that?

[superduperlouber]

anyone who walks by and sees my face as I watch this assumes I'm looking at something I shouldn't be . . . sweeeeeeet git.

And if there's one thing good about GaGa, it's that she has sick session guitarists on her tracks. But of course there's plenty good about her . . .

[jorgepeterbarton]

@mikehoppett well if your telepathic... i don't have any uploads...you put something in the public domain, i didn't

[benabb]

couldnt of picked a more off putting song.