Here is a first-year Telecaster. The Telecaster first appeared around September in 1951, so this is one of the earliest models. Although it has some checking and wear, it remains in remarkably excellent condition...

This '51 D-28 was used and passed down in the same family since new. It was lightly played and remains original and in extremely fine condition, it sounds and plays as good as it looks and yeah, that's going some.