Product Overview
The Fender American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
Just one year after launching the Broadcaster, Fender received a cease-and-desist telegram from the Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co. and was faced with renaming its flagship electric guitar. Taking inspiration from the booming growth and expansive reach of television, the first blackguard Telecaster rolled off the line in 1951, and the model has been in continuous production ever since. Deceptively simple and totally groundbreaking, the Telecaster brought the solid body electric guitar to the masses, inspiring countless musicians along the way.
- Body: Ash
- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
- Fingerboard: 3A Flame Maple
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
- Position Inlays: Black Dot
- Neck Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Back, Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Front
- Neck Construction: 4-Bolt
- Neck Shape: Oval "C"
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Single-Coil Tele
- Side Dots: Black
- Headstock: Telecaster
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Configuration: SS
- Refinement Pickups: Custom Shop
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Texas Special Single-Coil Tele
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Bridge: Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele with Brass Barrel Saddles, Serialized
- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"
- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
- Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Tweed (Crushed Red Interior)
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Refinement Fingerboard Radius: Modern
- Neck Material: 3A Flame Maple
- Refinement Neck Material: Maple
- Refinement Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Material: Bone
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
