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Up for sale, a 1987 Fender Telecaster Thinline ‘72 vintage reissue model TN72-75 in excellent condition and in perfect working order, loaded with a pair of Maxon-made Wide Range humbuckers. This “Made in Japan” Tele was produced at the Fujigen factory during the golden age of Fender Japan production, offered to the domestic Japanese market and uncommon outside its country of origin.
Loaded with a pair of vintage Maxon-made Wide Range humbuckers that actually predate the instrument by a decade (found in Greco instruments circa '78), these pickups are quite tonally faithful to the original Wide Range design, fat and full-sounding with a distinctive percussive cut. The ash body provides a certain midrange punch, and the semi-hollow construction adds breadth to the sound. This Tele is featherweight at 6lbs 15oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Maple -Shape: Medium C, good shoulders, measuring .850” 1st fret, .910” 12th fret -Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius -Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-7 -Scale Length: 25 1/2" -Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone -Tuners: Gotoh -Serialization: “Made in Japan" text, F-prefix serial on headstock face
The gloss Natural finish exhibits limited buckle wear on the back and minor dings scattered across the body, most prominent along the lower bout body edge. The neck profile retains its smooth gloss.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
Up for sale, a 1987 Fender Telecaster Thinline ‘72 vintage reissue model TN72-75 in excellent condition and in perfect working order, loaded with a pair of Maxon-made Wide Range humbuckers. This “Made in Japan” Tele was produced at the Fujigen factory during the golden age of Fender Japan production, offered to the domestic Japanese market and uncommon outside its country of origin.
Loaded with a pair of vintage Maxon-made Wide Range humbuckers that actually predate the instrument by a decade (found in Greco instruments circa '78), these pickups are quite tonally faithful to the original Wide Range design, fat and full-sounding with a distinctive percussive cut. The ash body provides a certain midrange punch, and the semi-hollow construction adds breadth to the sound. This Tele is featherweight at 6lbs 15oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Maple -Shape: Medium C, good shoulders, measuring .850” 1st fret, .910” 12th fret -Fretboard: Maple, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius -Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-7 -Scale Length: 25 1/2" -Nut: 1.650” (42mm), bone -Tuners: Gotoh -Serialization: “Made in Japan" text, F-prefix serial on headstock face
The gloss Natural finish exhibits limited buckle wear on the back and minor dings scattered across the body, most prominent along the lower bout body edge. The neck profile retains its smooth gloss.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
