1983 Fender Japan "Dan Smith" Standard Elite Telecaster (Black)

1983 Fender Japan "Dan Smith" Standard Elite Telecaster (Black)

A$1,611

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One of the very rare "Dan Smith" model Telecaster Elite models made in the earliest days of the Fender Japan venture, these are essentially a 1983 Fender USA Telecaster that was manufactured by the Fujigen factory. These  share many similarities with their US counterparts but there are some subtle differences. The maple neck (12" radius) has the Japanese “wide” dot spacing on the fingerboard and the neck pocket has the correct routing without the oversized corner routes. They both share the sa