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Lavender Lilac Teles

Lavender Lilac Fenders are incredibly rare, and we’ve got three of them at

Well Strung Guitars at the moment. Two 1971 Lavender Lilac Telecaster Thinlines: one with a rosewood ’board and purple pickguard, and the other with a maple ’board. They made some Thinlines in Lavender Lilac, but the standard 1973 model we have is the only regular Telecaster I know of that was made in that colour. I guess they had paint left over! As far

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