FENDER BLACK AND GOLD TELECASTER

  • Fender Black and Gold telecaster, electric guitar
    Fender Black and Gold telecaster

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1981 to 1983

The Fender Black and Gold Telecaster (introduced in June 1981) was a regular Tele with maple or rosewood fingerboard but with extra cost custom black finish (including peghead) and 22kt gold plated hardware. Fender had launched a range of brass accessories the previous year, picking up on the retrofitting trend started by Schecter, and this guitar had one of their heavy brass strings-though bridges designed for extra sustain. For the first 7 months of production it had the 70s Telecaster body shape. This model was discontinued around 1983.

Source: The Fender Telecaster. A.R. Duchossoir.

Specifications (19)

Controls

Tone controls1 tone control
Volume controls1 volume control
Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch

Electronics

Pickups configuration2 single coil pickups

General

Finish colorsblack finish
Made inUSA
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length25.5 inches scale-length

Body

Body materialwood body
Body shape featuressingle cutaway
Body styleTelecaster style
Pickguard materialblack pickguard

Hardware

Bridgebrass fixed bridge, strings-through bridge
Hardware colorgold-plated hardware

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialmaple fingerboard, rosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

Neck

Number of frets21 fret
Peghead (headstock)black face headstock, matching-finish headstock
Tuner layoutsix-in-a-row tuners

Prices (2)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
1981$700new
1981$1500excellent

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