1966 Fender® Telecaster® (Maple Cap)

$28,000.00

  • Year: 1966
  • Manufacturer: Fender®
  • Model: Telecaster® (Maple Cap)
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Candy Apple Red
  • Condition: exceptionally fine
  • Description: A very fine and incredibly rare custom color maple-cap guitar! Weighing just 7.70 lbs., this solid alder body beauty is one of the earliest examples with a one-piece medium-to-thick profile maple neck and a maple-cap fretboard. The neck is stamped "3 MAY 66B". Three layer plastic pickguard with eight screws. Two hot Telecaster® pickups with outputs of 6.54k and 7.02k and a combined bridge/tailpiece with the original chrome cover. This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition with just a few insignificant surface marks. There is virtually no wear to the maple-cap fretboard and just a small amount of wear to the original frets which is mainly confined to the first ten frets. The Candy Apple Red finish is bright and unfaded. Original Fender® black hardshell case with reddish orange plush lining. (00911)