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Here is A 1995-1996 Fender Telecaster Foto-Flame 50th Anniversary Reissue .. These were only made between late 1995 through early 1997.The guitar is in great shape and has been well-maintained. Beautiful Honey burst Foto Flame Basswood Top and a rosewood fretboard . The neck is made of maple, and it has a Killer Flame to it! Comes in a Fender Tweed Thermometer Case with Keys. There are some dings all on the back and bottom edge. (See Pictires) But the Front is Clean. The Bridge pickup has been changed to a Bill Lawrence and It looks like one of the other pickup cover is not original. Also there is the “Hambugular conspiracy” which says someone who worked at the Fuji Gen Gakki factory actually placed this McDonalds Hambugular’s face in the film as a joke! And then he was supposedly fired over it! A myth or a reality? Who knows? But the little faces are there—joke or no joke. One thing is for sure, the quality of these is no joking matter. (Xhefri’s Guitars told me this in Fact is True)
Below info from Xhefri’s Guitars
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 an thin piece of photographic film of some very highly figured wood laminated to the guitar, (thus the name Foto), developed by Fender, in connection 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 1996 MIJ 50th Anniversary Honey Burst 1962 Foto Flame Telecaster Reissue. Like the DX Custom Anniversary Teles, these were only made between late 1995 through early 1997. Thus every one you will find has a serial number starting with a T or a U. The neck is solid Maple with a ROSEWOOD fret board with a radius is like a 60’s Teles with the small/medium frets.
