This is an ultra rare out of print Japanese import YOUNG GUITAR "JAPAN VINTAGE TELECASTER" Book (148 PAGE Square Bound - Printed on semi-gloss thick paper stock 1.25 Pound weight) featuring an excellent 28 Page Full Color HISTORY OF VINTAGE JAPANESE TELECASTERS (Non-Fender) with TON'S of pix of vintage Japanese Tele's!! The pictorial shows rare never seen outside of Japan examples of the representative pre-lawsuit Telecasters made by TOKAI, FERNANDES and GRECO before 1982 as well as examples from less renowned makers. The Tokai sections shows examples from the base model TE55 up to the TE150 (with rare string bender) with all important models in between and examples of Tokai Re-Born Old Tele ads from the lawsuit era!! The sections covering Ferandes and Greco similarily show beautiful examples of their most important Tele models and the final section shows a workshop dissection of two J-Tele's - a Tokai TTE-80 and a Greco Esquire model which show the guitars dissasembled and with closeups of the hardware, cavity and electronics!! Pure eye candy for fans of Japanese vintage Telecasters!

Aside from the feature Telecaster feature, the book also has a huge Fresher Brand pictorial history depicting the complete history of this important Japanese guitar manufacturer who produced a complete line-up of Fender and Gibson replicas up to 1985. Dozens of other Japan Vintage Guitars from Fender Japan, Aria, Greco, Yamaha are
also featured in gorgeously photographed shots. The book is in brand new condition and has 148 pages printed on high quality heavy stock paper. The text is mostly in Japanese but there is a lot of English especially in the titles. This book originally sold for approx. $30 US when first released in Japan and sold out within several months! A MUST FOR ALL VINTAGE JAPANESE GUITAR FANS!