Pre-Owned Fender Foto Flame Nashville Telecaster Cherryburst
Item: USFEFOTOFLTELERW6330
We just picked up this used Fender Foto Flame Telecaster in pretty decent shape. There is a couple little dings in the finish but over all it is in great condition. There is also very little fret wear, so there is lots of life left in this guitar. This model has the middle single coil pickup like a Stratocaster does which makes it an even more rare model. Most of the Foto Flame Telecasters had two pickups.
The “Foto Flame” series was a short-lived, inexpensive attempt by Fender to compete with a growing “flame top” market such as PRS and Dean guitars. The “Foto Flame” is a thin piece of photographic film of some very highly figured wood laminated to the guitar, (thus the name Foto), developed by Fender, in connection with some photographic corporation. (I have heard both Polaroid and Kodak, but most likely Fuji). The Foto Flame guitars, with the flame on top, usually have a Basswood cap on Alder or, in the case of the Foto Flame being on front and back, the whole body can be made of Basswood. When the “Foto Flame,” film is applied to the Basswood top, it makes the guitar appear as if it had high-end matchbook, figured Maple. The way they shrink wrapped this film around the guitar is amazing and it is hard not to think it is real wood. The Japanese are masters at copying, as these guitars testify. In fact, the Fender USA guys "almost cried" when they saw the MIJ quality as Fender USA was trying to get back up on its feet after the CBS buyout in March of 1984.
The Foto Flame Series was made by Fender Japan through the 1990’s and they stopped production about 1998 (there has been a few 1999 and 2000 Foto Flames floating around in the Japanese markets, so a few were made after the 1998 date.) Many of the Foto Flame models were Reissues of classic Fender guitars. They always have the “Made in Japan” or “Crafted in Japan” sticker under the finish of the heel of the neck by the body, so they did not hide where they were made as do some over-seas companies.
Pre-Owned Fender Foto Flame Nashville Telecaster Cherryburst
Features:
- Foto Flame Finish
- Rosewood Fretboard
- Maple Neck
- 3 Single coil pickups (Nashville Style)
- 21 Frets
- Strat Style Contour on Back Waist of Body
- Strat Style Carve on Front Side Bottom Bout