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'72 Thinline Telecaster
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1972 was a magical year for the Telecaster guitar, which was then available in several new designs and with more options than ever before.
The 72 Telecaster Thinline features a warmer and rounder semi-hollow ash body, a C-shaped maple neck, bullet truss rod, 70s vintage hardtail strings-through Strat bridge, three-bolt neckplate and two Wide Range humbucking pickups.
The 72 Telecaster Thinline features a warmer and rounder semi-hollow ash body, a C-shaped maple neck, bullet truss rod, 70s vintage hardtail strings-through Strat bridge, three-bolt neckplate and two Wide Range humbucking pickups.
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'72 Thinline FSR 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Hamilton, Ontario
I fell in love with this guitar when I saw it hanging in the store....white blonde with matching headstock, maple neck and cream coloured "chicken head" knobs. After spending a few months with it, I decided on a few minor tweaks...chicken head knobs can't be manipulated easily with the pinky so I changed them to standard Tele knobs. I added a second string tree for the D and G strings and finally changed the pots to 500K ohm from the factory mounted 250K ones. This totally eliminated the muddiness of the neck pickup. Total cost for these changes (not including the knobs cuz you won't need them) was about $10 and the guitar sounds incredible. It weighs 6lbs 3oz and plays like a dream. I own an original '75 Tele, a Strat, a Gibson ES137 Custom and Gibson Les Paul and this has become my "go to" guitar. The only other weakness that some people find with these guitars are the tuning machines. Some work perfectly and some are sticky. Mine were fine for about 7 of the 8 years that I have owned it. I decided that this was a keeper so I splurged on a set of Kluson Revolutions....drop in replacements. The guitar is now perfect....thinking of selling some of my others.
Posted by Rob on Feb 6, 2019
Fender Thinline Tele 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Purchased this guitar 5 Months ago, sound great at first but there was buzzing in the strings mostly E,A,D tried other strings problem not solved, played other Tele's but slight buzzing, had it looked at twice still not able to solve the problem. Thinking about trading on a different guitar
Posted by wade on May 27, 2018
CAN'T PUT IT DOWN 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Windsor, Ontario
PURCHASED USED. HAVE A LES PAUL AND A 335, CAN'T SEEM TO PUT THIS DOWN NOW....EVER. CAN'T WALK PAST IT WITHOUT PLAYING. IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO BUY A GUITAR BASED ON PEER REVIEW - THIS IS IT.
Posted by ANDREW on Mar 16, 2017
Mexican 72 reissue thinline 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Nanaimo, British Columbia
Love this guitar. Bridge pickup snarls. Very responsive to touch. You can go from sweet and soft arpeggios to burning lead tone just by flipping pickup switch, nudging volume pot and playing a little harder. Dont need no pedals. Plays great. One minor complaint was some rough edges on the bridge saddles, broke a couple of strings, then filed them down and that was that. Been playing it for 3 years now, about 90 gigs and 100 practices and jams. No issues at all. Have a mesa boogie 10 25 dual rectifier combo amp and it seems to be a good match.
Posted by Doug Nuyts on Dec 9, 2016
Easy feel, Superb Tone 7 of 7 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
The Fender Thinline is a classic Telecaster. I have played the original version as well as the Japanese reissue and the Mexican version. They are all quality guitars. The maple necked versions have the best feel, makes you feel like you can play better. Also the tone you can get with the double humbucking pickups is divine. The F-Hole adds that extra layer of warm fatness to the tone and allows you to play with and manipulate feedback quite readily.
Posted by anonymous on Jul 30, 2015
Great thinline 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. Catharines, Ontario
With the exception of the tuning machines being a bit sticky at times, this is an excellently made guitar. I own a bunch of teles, and this one, while not my favorite, is my #2. I don't even play my Les Paul anymore since picking this one up. Great Guitar!
Posted by anonymous on Jun 13, 2014
1996 Japanese Fender Thinline '72 re-issue 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
I bought the original 1996 Japanese re-issue back when it was brand-new. Great guitar...this is my "les paul telecaster". Great for rock, makes a great slide guitar!
Posted by anonymous on Dec 6, 2013
Great Guitar For Price 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kamloops, British Columbia
For what you pay and this being Mexican made it is actually a great sounding guitar. The pick-ups and tuning forks are probably it's two downsides. The actual playability of the guitar is great! If you want a hollow echo like sound this guitar is perfect! I just recommend that you put new pickups in and maybe change out the tuning forks.
Posted by Kurtis Gunn on Feb 8, 2013
Amazing Guitar, good for the warm and good for the edgy 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Stratford, Ontario
This is an incredibly versatile guitar. It takes something pretty awe inspiring to convince me to make a purchase and when a friend of mine let me try his I had to have it. Took a long while but I've now had mine for almost 2 years and I've loved it since day one. Works well with a Bugera BC-30 Amp!
Posted by anonymous on Nov 19, 2012
awesome 1 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Ottawa, Ontario
I own this guitar. it was the first fender I ever had and its a beaut, impressed me so much that all other guitar and basses I get now will be from fender.
Posted by anonymous on Nov 17, 2012
72 Thinline 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Oshawa, Ontario
AWESOME
Posted by anonymous on Apr 13, 2010
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