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“In my guitar youth, I was surprised one day at We Buy Guitars when someone brought in a Custom Telecaster. At the time, I didn’t know there was such a thing. But then I’d never looked through old catalogues – I just knew the guitars I’d handled. I was young, you know. But when I got this Custom Tele in the store, I couldn’t put it down. It was very worn and it had this great vibe. It was [the standard finish] sunburst, and

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