Fender TC-90 Thinline

[Jo]

So I've been wanting a tele
I want something with P-90's and I have a love affair with hollowbodies

And just like BAM, this is new from Fender for 2004 -

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/51/511338.jpg

Body: Semi-hollow ash
Neck: set maple neck
Number of frets: 22 medium jumbo frets
Scale length: 25.5"
Abalone dot position inlays
Hardware: smoked chrome
Bridge: Adjusto-Matic with anchored-tailpiece
Pickups: Seymour Duncan: SP90-1NRWRP vintage P90 (neck), SP-90 3B Custom
P90 (bridge)
Pickup Switching: 3-Way
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone


Anyone know anything about them? I presume they are made in Japan? (the new tele aerodynes are Japanese) or could be MIM. They're selling for $600

Any thoughts?

[fred dons]

I was wondering about the country of manufacturer as well, this one as well as the other new seymour duncan loaded fender guitars (for instance swampash strat with birdseye maple neck + american standard hardware) have a shop costprice which is roughly halve of the retail you quoted (in Europe anyway, I have seen the list) and I cannot imagine that Fender Japan could build a guitar with these specs at such a low price (but nevertheless I did order the strat, should be here after Frankfurt Messe :D )

[benb]

yeah, I reckon that would be a cool guitar. I've been wavering on the "strat-o-sonic" (the P-90, 24 3/4 mahhogany strat), but this looks like a lot of fun

[cSuttle]

You should look into making your own. Check out Warmoth. They make some really good looking thin line bodies.

[Random]

Checked out pricing on one of the new Aerodyne tele models yesterday.

In the $500 range delivered. P90 in the neck, standard tele bridge/pup. That sounds like it could be a real sweet guitar.

And if its made in Japan rather than Korea that speaks well for quality issues.
Is that made in Japan info correct?

But its not a hollow body I don't believe....