Bill Alston
Telecaster 72 Reissues Domestic
A 72 Telecaster Thinline Sunburst
There are broadly speaking three Telecaster 72 RIs The Thinline, The Classic and The Deluxe. These are easily distinguished, the Thinline is a
semi hollow HH with an F Hole the other two are solid bodied, the Deluxe being HH and the Custom SH. This page will deal with the standard runs
but there are numerous FSRs some of which I will highlight on a separate page.
72 Telecaster Thinline
First introduced in 1999 and described by Fender as a faithful 70s reproduction it is in fact a reasonable reproduction of a version 2 thinline.
It has an Ash body and was first available just in natural but three colour sunburst was added the following year.
Thinline Natural
72 Telecaster Custom
Also launched in 1999 this is a reasonable reproduction of the 70s custom but the 70s models themselves had some variations
in saddles and pickguard. Available in Black or Sunburst the sunburst was alder the black alder or poplar.
72 Telecaster Deluxe
The Deluxe an Alder bodied guitar in Black, Sunburst or Walnut was released in 2004
More detail
Model |
Thinline |
Custom |
Deluxe |
Body |
Ash Semi Hollow |
Alder or Poplar |
Alder |
Fretboard |
Maple |
Maple or Rosewood |
Maple |
Radius |
7.25" |
7.25" |
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Profile |
U* |
U |
C |
Frets |
21 Nickle silver vintage |
21 Nickle silver vintage |
21 Medium Jumbo |
Pickguard |
White |
BWB |
Black |
Neck attachment |
3 bolt microtilt |
3 bolt microtilt |
3 bolt microtilt |
Headstock |
Tele style bullet truss rod adj |
Tele style bullet truss rod adj |
Large strat style bullet truss rod adj |
Controls |
1 vol 1 tone |
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