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In March 2015 Fender exhibited at The Guitar Show in Brimingham. On display was a Candy Apple Red Thinline Telecaster with "Deluxe Series" on the headstock. The Mexican made guitar has  a 2014 year prefix in the serial number. 

On contacting Fender UK I was informed that the guitar was a marketing sample for a series that was to be released later in the year. I was later informed that the series had been cancelled and was able to purchase the guitar I had seen at the Birmingham show.

Around 200 guitars were produced and Fender decided to release them and they were introduced as an FSR.

​Below is a letter from Matt Davey at Fender UK regarding the guitar that I have.  
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Deluxe Series Thinline Telecaster letter

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On display at the The Guitar Show 2015 in Birmingham
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In 2016 the 'new' Deluxe series range of guitars was released by Fender. The Thinline Telecaster featured the same two finishes as the FSR models from 2015. There were some differences in the two models such as the headstock logo, bridge, tuners, neck heel, frets, pickups and switch. 
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2016 Deluxe Series Tele Thinline
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2015 Deluxe Series Tele Thinline
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In both 2015 and 2016, as well as Candy Apple Red the guitar also came in sunburst with a rosewood fingerboard

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  • Guitars
    • Guitars - Past
  • Blog
  • Archives
    • Fender Rosewood Telecaster (GH)
    • Leo Fender Broadcaster
    • 2011 Tele-Bration
    • 2014 Strat-Ovation
    • 2015 10 for 15 Series
    • 2016 Magnificent 7 Series
    • 2017 Exotic Series
    • 2018 Parallel Universe Series
    • 2019 Alternate Reality Series
    • 2020 Parallel Universe 2 Series
    • 2020 Paranormal Series
  • Publications
  • Links
  • FSR Guitars
  • FSR Guitar Show
  • Wanted
  • Get In Touch
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