I'm pretty sure this guitar is returning to its family. I did upgrade the original tuners to Gotoh Kluson-style units, though. ![]() It's different in that it has a Gibson-style 24 3/4" short scale length(!) and a zero fret at the nut. It has an interesting neck - it's very reminiscent of '80s Tele necks save that it's a little more "D" in shape. It arrived needing some work done, but now that the work is done this thing plays like an absolute champ. This model is a 2270C per vintage catalog scans and, though this one has a replacement ('80s?) Fender-style bridge and DiMarzio ('80s?) bridge pickup, its original neck humbucker still persists and the original bridge pickup would have been a single coil in any case. It's more hollow than the real thing, though it does have the centerblock channel as you'd expect to see. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's slightly slimmer front to back and made from two sandwiched sections of solid mahogany that have been routed-out and then glued-together like a '70s Les Paul. In many ways the body design is actually superior to the "real" Fender Thinlines. This guy is probably a Fujigen product and I'll be the first to say that, hey, it's tres cool. I'm familiar with the higher-end Japanese-made Les Paul and 335-style Electras and the Phoenix SuperStrat-like beasts, but I'd never handled one of the brand's Telecaster copies before.
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