Description:
Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar, 1954, serial no. 5079, weight 6.4 lbs., with original Bulwin "poodle" hardshell case.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Inscribed on neck end 10-53 and in neck pocket 10-53 TAD, body refinished, neck refretted and oversprayed, replaced pots (1973),double-line Klusons, body thickness 1 5/8", likely break in bridge pickup coil.
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