​In the late 1960s Fender was looking to revamp the Telecaster. The 1950s had brought us the Blackguard Telecaster’s and then the Whiteguard Telecaster’s. In the 1960s the Fender Custom Telecaster with its Rosewood neck and double binding had been released. In 1968 German luthier Roger Rossmeisl designed the Thinline Telecaster. A semi hollow body to reduce the weight of the guitar featured an F hole and redesigned pickguard. Released in 1969, these guitars were a popular alternative to the slab bodied standard Telecaster’s. They still featured the two single coil pickups and standard Tele bridge. In 1972 the Thinline’s were updated further. Out wen the single coil pickups and they were replaced by the Seth Lover designed Fender Wide Range Humbucking pickups. The pickguard was redesigned again and the bridge became a hardtail Strat like bridge. Further 70s refinements were featured such as the three bolt neck plate and bullet truss rod. The headstock was adorned with the Thinline name. Today these guitars are both available in the Fender line up and are commonly known as the 69 (series 1) or 72 (series 2) Thinline Telecaster’s.

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Back in 2003 Fender released a limited run of 69 Thinline Telecasters. The guitars were finished in Olympic White and also featured a matching headstock. Nothing too special you might think, well the body front and back along with the headstock were adorned with a flame pattern. The natural grain of the mahogany body beneath the Olympic White finish was revealed by the by the flame pattern. The run of guitars was limited to 250 in 2003.

In 2006 Fender released another 250 guitars featuring the Olympic white body with matching headstock and the flame pattern. This time however some subtle differences were made to the designed. Still a 69 Thinline Telecaster, the flame pattern wrapped around the edge of the body from front to back, and instead of the F hole cutting through the flames pattern on the front the flames were re designed so that the wrapped around the flame pattern.

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Part of the Electromatic series that are made in China. 

Electromatic® Pro Jet models take on a new voice and identity—chambered basswood bodies and arched maple tops resonate true to That Great Gretsch Sound!™, along with dual “Black Top” Filter’Tron™ humbucking pickups and a Bigsby® B50 tailpiece.
 
Other classic features include rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and hump-block inlays, three-position pickup toggle switch, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge, “G-Arrow" knobs, white pearloid pickguard with Gretsch® logo and threaded/knurled strap buttons.

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Back in 2014 Fender and Southern California artist David Lozeau collaborated on a series of designs that would adorn a set of Fender Standard Stratocasters. For the initial series of guitars launched at the 2015 NAMM show he produced six designs; a Rose Tattoo design, a Dragon design, a Sacred Heart design, a Tree of Life design, an Octopus Tentacle design and a Mariachi Skeleton Band design. The later two designs did not make it to the final production run. David also produced two designs for the Fender Custom Shop that were for special dealer events. They both had WWII themes and were called Rat A Tat Strat’s with one being a Bomber version and the other being a Tank version.  Later in 2015 a final design was released, and this was the Voodoo Priest design. All the guitars were released in limited quantities with the VooDoo Priest design being the most limited.

You can look at David’s work by visiting his website at https://www.davidlozeau.com/

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