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Good to know MIM is not something to shy away from.
Did some digging and found these. Fender Japan did a series of 72 Tele Customs around 2010:



Notice how the switch has been moved with the pots, so three pots, one switch. And there's no bevel on the pick guard.

And Fender USA did a limited run of these, the Fender Special Run 1972 Tele Custom:



There's one for a good price on OSG now, but shipping to Oz kills it.

Found this 78 Custom on Reverb, too, but the price is off the charts:



So maybe they were doing a few rosewood boards in the late 70s?

TheWarmth wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:41 pm I just got this 92/93 Fender MIJ Esquire. The owner had a luthier install this Bigsby and he did a great job. It plays like a dream.

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Shit the bed man that’s killer!

how about a Nash HB? - like this https://reverb.com/item/10164894-nash-t ... ollar-case but loads out there, maybe not under a grand though

^ I've played a couple of Nash guitars (a Strat and a Tele) and wasn't impressed. And yeah, they're really expensive for what they are. Plus, I kinda hate "relics".

Partcaster?
If tele neck's are standard why not change them like pedals or strings?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GUITAR-NECK-RO ... SwZrhafhOG


https://reverb.com/item/4336497-1978-vi ... -humbucker

yeah they def made some rosewood necked tele customs in the mid to late 70's.... here's my 78.... found it in a san jose GC about 10 years ago.. talked em down to $1500 since it had no case! had no idea that they even made these w rosewood necks at the time..

^ Holy fuck, that's beautiful, Jim!
I'm always 10 years too late to the party…

I quite like my Ron Kirn tele. I kinda wonder whether an Ilitch silent single coil system would work well for it, though...