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1985 Fender Telecaster Custom '62 Reissue

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PictureEric Clapton with his 1962 Fender Telecaster Custom at Hyde Park, London 1969
This 1962 Fender Telecaster Custom (picture below) was Eric’ Clapton's “Blind Faith” telecaster. It was fitted with Statocaster neck from the “Brownie”.It can be seen in action at the 1969 Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park, London. 

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What I have in my collection now is this 1985 (MIJ)  Fender Telecaster Custom '62 reissue. It plays like butter and the tone is pretty awesome. The next step, I guess, is for me to get the original '62. Hopefully, that will help me play like Clapton. 

The MIJ (Made in Japan) and CIJ (Crafted in Japan) guitars are very high quality. The Japanese are, as many of you know, masters at copying—as these guitars testify. In fact, the new Fender USA management guys "almost cried" when they traveled to Japan and saw the quality. At that time, Fender USA was still trying to get back up on its feet after the CBS buyout, as USA quality under CBS ownership let their standards really slip. Here is what happened: In 1984 CBS decided to sell Fender and finally, an investment group led by William (Bill) Schultz bought it in the month of March for twelve and a half million dollars. This investment group formally became the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation or FMIC. Bad news though, the sale did not include production facilities in Fullerton, California. Thus USA guitar production ceased between late 1984 till October of 1985 until the new factory was built in Corona, California. It has been estimated that 80% of the guitars sold during this time were made in Japan. When the Corona plant was started up, only the Vintage Reissue Stratocaster models were first produced (between late 1985 through 1986). Oddly enough, most of the MIJ Fenders were Reissues too, both Strats and Teles, and then later even Signature models.

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  • About
    • About Steven
    • What is vintage guitar
    • The Man Cave
  • Evolution of Rock
    • The Music, Event, Artist, Guitar
    • Timeline
  • The Artist & The Guitar
    • Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
    • Elvis Presley
    • Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
    • Duane Alllman (The Allman Brothers)
    • Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
    • Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY)
    • Alan (Blind Owl) Wilson (Canned Heat)
    • Paul Kossoff (Free)
    • Pete Townshend (The Who)
    • George Harrison (The Beatles)
    • Eric Clapton (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith)
    • Robby Krieger (The Doors)
    • Carlos Santana (Santana)
    • Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
    • Johnny Winter
    • Steven Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY)
    • Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)
    • David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
    • Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
    • Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones)
    • Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
    • Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
    • John Fogerty (CCR)
    • Jeff Beck (Jeff Beck Group)
    • Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
    • Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
  • Collection
    • My Fender Collection >
      • 1965 Fender Stratocaster (Olympic White)
      • 1965 Fender Mustang
      • 1969 Fender Stratocaster
      • 1974 Fender Stratocaster (Sonic Blue)
      • 1985 Fender Telecaster
      • 1986 Fender Telecaster MIJ '52 Reissue
      • 1994 Fender Stratocaster '62 reissue
      • 2007 Fender Telecaster Blonde '50s Reissue
    • My Gibson Collection >
      • 1961 Gibson ES-355 (Mono)
      • 1961 Gibson SG Special
      • 1963 Gibson ES-335 TDC
      • 1968 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop
      • 1968 Gibson ES-335 TD Iced Tea Burst
      • 1969 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop
      • 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom
      • 1969 Gibson ES-330 TD Sunburst
      • 1969 Gibson SG Standard
      • 1970 Gibson ES-335 TDC
      • 1971 Gibson SG Special
      • 1972 Gibson Les Paul Standard
      • 1973 Gibson SG Standard
      • 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom
      • 2007 Gibson ES-335 Dot VS
      • 2009 Gibson Les Paul Standard
    • My Gretsch Collection >
      • 1956 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet
      • 1958 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet
      • 1958 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1961 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1962 Gretsch 6120
      • 1964 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman
    • My Rickenbacker Collection >
      • 1960 Rickenbacker 365 Capri Fireglo
      • 1964 Rickenbacker Rose Morris 1998 (345)
      • 1967 Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo
    • My Epiphone Collection >
      • 1966 Epiphone Crestwood
      • 1970s' Epiphone ET-270
    • My Other Collection >
      • 1960s' Kay Pro Thinline model 1993
      • 1960s' Framus Strato
      • 1996 Squier Jagmaster
      • 2002 Ibanez Pat Metheny PM-120 BK
    • My Acoustic Collection >
      • 1950 Gibson L-50
      • 1960/61 Hofner Congress
      • Early '60s Hofner 455 Senator
      • 1994 Taylor 510E
      • 1996 Taylor 814-CE
      • 1996 Taylor 855-DLX
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