T-Style Smuggler Body

This Nitro Tobacco Sunburst Finish 2pc Alder T-Style body features "Smuggler" style chambers and weighs in at 4.0 lbs

This body was routed out here at the Carparelli Shop.

Specs:

• two piece Alder body, weight 4.0 lbs
• drilled for vintage style Tele bridge with standard 5/16" rear ferrules
• routed for standard Tele neck and bridge pickups
• ready for 7/8" side jack
• standard neck pocket ready for your existing 25.5" scale neck

An interesting piece of Fender history, the 1967 Fender 'Smugglers' Telecaster.

With stocks of lightweight Ash dwindling, Roger Rossmeisl (prolific luthier who designed, amongst other things, Fender's range of acoustics and hollow body guitars) was tasked with solving the problem. His initial idea was to remove wood from behind the pickguard which resulted in what's been dubbed the 'Smugglers' Tele. Few were produced before the idea was shelved in favour of a more drastic approach that yield the Telecaster Thinline.