1983 Fender Standard Elite "Freeflyte" Telecaster, Non-Catalog

Name: 1983 Fender Standard Elite "Freeflyte" Telecaster, Non-Catalog
Brand: imima
Price: 1299.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$1,299.00 USD

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Bizarre "Freeflyte" version of the 1983 Telecaster—seemingly a limited production or prototype model. It has the same features as the "Standard" Telecaster from the 1983 CBS catalog for the Japanese market, but features the Freeflyte tremolo system only found on the Stratocaster models from that year. Pots are dated September 1983. Produced at the FujiGen factory in Japan.

100% fully functional.

Set up with D'Addario 10-46 strings, playing well up and down the neck with proper intonation.

Includes gig bag. No vibrato arm.

Condition

Condition is good for a 30 year old instrument. Body finish has various scratches, dings and chips commensurate with age. Pickguard has markings from play, and ghosting from a circular sticker. Chrome hardware has patina.

Frets have wear. Fretboard finish has wear, primarily in the open chord area. Neck has been sanded to a matte finish.

Modifications

- Pickups upgraded to Seymour Duncan
- Neck and parts of body sanded to matte finish
- One string tree removed

Specifications

- Sen (Japanese ash) body
- Maple neck (one piece)
- 25.5” scale
- 12" radius with medium jumbo frets
- “Oval” neck profile
- Nut measures 1.655”
- Depth measures .819” at the first fret, and .917” at the twelfth
- 8.7lbs

Return Policy

All instruments are sold as-described and cannot be returned unless they arrive in a condition different from how it was described and/or photographed. Items must be returned in original, as-shipped condition with all original packaging and accessories.