FENDER TELECASTER BOB GROVER (PIRANHAS) TELE, TOM HARK 1972 Tele owned by Bob Grover of The Piranhas Start Price GBP 1,395.00 Current Price GBP 1,395.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 Location Haywards Heath See more about 'FENDER TELECASTER BOB GROVER (PIRANHAS) TELE, TOM HARK' Description FENDER TELECASTER '72 Pre-owned by Bob Grover of The Piranhas and used to record most of their singles including Tom Hark and Zambesi. Fabulous original Tele, plays and sounds exactly like a '72 Telecaster should, plenty of attitude built in!  Includes letter of authentication written and signed by Bob Grover. Here's a chance to own a piece of rock history, a fabulous 1972 Fender Telecaster, made in the USA and previously owned for many years by Piranhas front man 'Boring' Bob Grover. Alder body and maple neck. Blonde finish with white pickguard. This guitar was made in California in 1972. Looks, plays and sounds exactly like a USA Tele should. Original Hard Shell Case is included. This is a no-reserve auction. The guitar comes complete with a letter of authentication written and signed by Bob, which includes the serial number as confirmation of identity. A great guitar to own and a shrewd investment, authentic pieces of rock memorabilia are constantly increasing in price. You can see Bob playing this guitar on Top Of The Pops by clicking on this link. If your screen isn't displaying the full width of this listing, it's a real pain having to keep scrolling across. You can fix this by resetting your display to 1024 x 768 - just go to Control Panel -> Display -> Settings and set resolution to 1024 by 768 or greater. The original of this letter written by Bob is included in the auction. As you can see below, Bob's Tele was also immortalised in cartoon form on the cover of The Piranhas album. Maple one-piece bolt-on neck with rosewood fingerboard and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. Neck is ruler straight, great Tele action. Biflex trussrod offers both convex and concave adjustment. 21 fretsFretboard length is 47cm approxNut width 40mmWidth at 12th fret is 51.5mmWidth between top an bottom E strings at bridge is 48.5mmAction at 17th fret with 1st fret depressed is 3.5mmNeck depth at 1st fret is 21mmNeck depth at 12th fret is 23mmNeck semi-circumference at first fret is 66mmDrop me a mail if you want to know what that is in real money! Lower cutaway gives great access to all 21 frets. Original twin Fender Telecaster single coil pick-ups. Together they give a variety of vintage tones including that brittle cutting tone that's unique to the Tele as well as that Tele twang. Here's a link to the Fender Tele pick-up web page: http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0992119000 Machine heads have been upgraded to Schaller deluxe chrome enclosed a long time ago, probably by The Pretenders roadie referred to in Bob's letter above. It has the string-through-body American Series Tele bridge with chromed steel bridge plate for added sustain and richer tone and 3 twin saddles. Chrome volume and tone controls plus 3-way selector switch. Five-ply black-edged white pickguard. This guitar is good for everything - pop, rock, heavy metal, blues, country rock, rock 'n roll, punk, C&W - you name it, she'll do it for you. Our rating of this Fender Telecaster is:Head Stock: FAIRNeck: GOODNut, Frets & Fretboard: FAIRTop: FAIRBack & SIDES: FAIRHardware: GOODElectronics: VERY GOODCase: FAIR OUR DESCRIPTION SCALE NEW: Means New Never Used!  MINT: Perfect, In Like New Condition  EXCELLENT: Like New With A Few Imperfections  VERY GOOD: No Major Problems  GOOD: Still In Useful Condition  FAIR: Has Plenty Of Wear  POOR: Needs Attention This guitar has been round the block a few times, as you can see from the photos. The tone knob is not original but is the one that was on the guitar when the Top Of The Pops film was made, so it's been there at least 27 years. As this Tele was previously owned by The Pretenders roadie, it's almost certain that Chrissie Hynde, a well known Tele devotee, has played this guitar in the past. This is certainly a guitar with plenty of history and attitude, and would be an ideal gigging instrument - alternatively it's a fine piece of rock memorabilia, it's your choice. 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Please read the auction listing carefully, and ask any questions you may have before bidding.PAYMENT TERMSWe take Paypal, all major credit and debit cards (by Paypal), bank draft, personal cheque, bank transfer or cash on collection, please note cheques must clear before shipping, takes minimum of 7 days, blame the banks not us. Please make cheques & drafts payable to Pete's Infamous Guitars. Credit and debit card payments only ship to card registered address, sorry no exceptions. If paying by Paypal and your Paypal address is unconfirmed, we will require you to send us proof of address before shipping, again no exceptions. International bidders can also pay by international money order. We can accept payment in Euros at our prevailing rate at the time of payment, please request a Euro invoice.SHIPPINGWe'll ship anywhere worldwide with certain exceptions, mainland Britain shipping by overnight courier service is £25, Ireland (including NI) £35. 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