On 17 January 2014 19:53, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Frank! You are correct! > > Unless I'm mistaken, the '72 Thinline was the first Tele to come with dual > humbuckers, and they were discontinued after about three years. > > And, based on what I've heard in demo videos, it retains a surprising amount > of the Telecaster twang despite the humbuckers, but still has the warmer, > throatier sound than you'd get with the standard Tele setup. > > -- Walt > Fender had a bit of a spate of humbuckers in the early 70s. The Deluxe also had them from '72. Here's mine, an original '73 model with the Marshall custom shop '67 Bluesbreaker amp that I won in the local hospice raffle: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/MarshallAmp/slides/_IMG4720.html
You're right, the humbuckers still produce the Tele twang in the middle selector position and the thinline hollow body adds a bit of acoustic resonance as well. I think you'll enjoy it! Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
