Nice one Mike!
That seems like a pretty good price, especially for the UK. An American seller had one of these a while ago, and I think it sold for close to (possibly over) $1000US. The specs on this as listed in Japan Vintage Vol. 8 are:
"TE-70"
Body: Sen or alder 2 piece, with cell binding
Neck: Maple one piece, or Maple and Rosewood; U-shape
PU type: TE-Hot
Nut: Bone
Peg (Tuners): Tokai Kluson-type
Bridge Saddles: Chrome type
Finish: Polyurethane
Colours: Maple neck=YS, GS, WR, BB
Rosewood neck=YSR, GSR, WRR, BBR
Cost: Y70,000
This is the original page this info is from--I can't read it all, but there's lots of Katakana in the column on the left near the bottom--basically English written in a Japanese alphabet.
The same article says there is a TE-70 1958 model, but yours looks like the 1964 model with 3-ply pickguard and 8 screws.
The complete article on Breezys is here in case anyone hasn't seen it yet:
http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/...vol2 Springy Sound/Breezy Japan Vintage vol8/
Ash teles are my favourite--you get that great nasal bite, and this looks beautiful too. I'm curious to know how different the TE-Hot pickups sound from the lower model TE-Bs!
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