Click on the button below for a link to a photo of the rectangular cases from the fifties from the same Vintage Guitars Info website. You'll see that this case matches the one for '58 to mid '59.
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| The photo above shows the body seam at the lower bout. The photo to the right shows the seam in the cutaway. The grain pattern alignment between the two pieces of wood is incredible. It is unbelievable that they went to this level of attention to assemble these guitars. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's the case. Which brings up another point in Duchossoir's book. On page #19 he says that along with the change to rosewood necks in '59 the cases changed from tweed covering to brown tolex covering, which would lead one to believe this isn't the original case. I believe he is wrong on this point. According to Vintage Guitars Info website (the best website for information on vintage guitars) from 1958 to mid-1959, the case stayed the same except the interior was changed to a much shorter burnt orange plush, and the change to Tolex happened in late '59. Click on the button below for a link to a photo of the rectangular cases from the fifties from the same Vintage Guitars Info website. You'll see that this case matches the one for '58 to mid '59. |
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| This is the price tag that was on the guitar when I bought it back in about 1977. At the time it was just an old guitar, selling for about half the price of a new Tele. I think it's fair to say that at some point in time it became more valuable than those new '77 Teles. Not a bad purchase, eh? Probably one of the best ones I've ever made, though the '68 Chevelle SS396 I bought for $500.00 wasn't bad either! And I still have it too. In fact, that car carried me and this guitar to a lot of gigs and practices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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