Fender Telecaster Blond 1965
That listing sold. Check out the similar listings below.
Fender Telecaster 1965

Fender Telecaster 1965

Money icon

Own one like this?

Make room for new gear in minutes.
Sell Yours
Money icon

Own one like this?

Make room for new gear in minutes.
Sell Yours

Compare 0 Listings













Product Details

Product Specs

Brand
Model
  • Telecaster
Finish
  • Blonde
  • Candy Apple Red
  • Lake Placid Blue
  • Shoreline Gold
Year
  • 1965
Made In
  • United States
Categories
Body Shape
  • T-Style
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • String-Through
Color Family
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Red
  • Yellow
Finish Style
  • Gloss
  • Metallic
Fretboard Material
  • Maple
  • Rosewood
Model Family
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Neck Material
  • Maple
Number of Frets
  • 21
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Offset Body
  • No
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Scale Length
  • 25.5"
Series
Wood Top Style
  • Plain

Overview

In early 1951, Fender renamed its only production solid-body guitar the Telecaster, replacing the short-lived Broadcaster moniker used in late 1950. The Telecaster quickly became the guitar of its age, propelling the status of the solid-body electric guitar from novelty to the defining instrument of popular music. Like most long-lasting guitar models, the Tele has seen its share of variations and specialty models come off the line since the early '50s. The standard no-frills Telecaster, however, has stayed largely the same, strutting two single-coil pickups, a slab body of Ash (or later Alder), and an unmistakable twang that helped shape the sound of country and rock music. Like the rest of the Fender catalog, the CBS purchase of 1965 brought a series of changes to the Telecaster. Teles from 1965 onward are less desireable to collectors than earlier examples.

Years of Production: 
1951 - present

Unique to this Year: Switch to pearloid inlays instead of dots, new "transition" headstock logo, and new three-ply pickguard. Also glued-on Maple fingerboard option introduced.  

Body Style: Single cutaway solid-body

Wood Composition: Ash, Maple neck, Maple fingerboard

Design Elements:  Two single-coil pickups, white three-ply pickguard,  volume and tone controls, 25 1/2-inch scale length, string thur-body

Finish Specifications: Blond was a standard finish for the Telecaster.

Notable Tele Players: Keith Richards, Merle Haggard, Johnny Greenwood, James Burton  

Similar Products

Price Guide
A keyboard, a guitar, and a pedal

*Excludes Brand New, B Stock, Fair, Poor, and Non-functioning. Prices exclude shipping and tax/VAT/GST.

Product Reviews

Reverb Gives

Your purchases help youth music programs get the gear they need to make music.

Carbon-Offset Shipping

Your purchases also help protect forests, including trees traditionally used to make instruments.

Oops, looks like you forgot something. Please check the fields highlighted in red.