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.
The Telecaster Custom marked one of Fender's earliest forays into the use of humbucking pickups. The Tele Custom featured a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout and dual volume and tone controls mounted to a stylish, elongated pickguard. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.
This Tele features a Wide Range humbucking pickup in the neck position and a Pure Vintage '77 single-coil Tele pickup in the bridge position. To create an authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickup, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, which had been out of production since 1981, and are an essential element in recreating the sonics of the original. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom plays like a dream with a '77 "C"-shape hard rock maple neck with a 7.25" radius maple or rosewood fingerboard and vintage tall frets. Other features include a Tele bridge with 6 slotted steel barrel saddles, "F" stamped tuners, a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut and a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt mechanism. Available in three finish options: Olympic White, 3-Color Sunburst, and Wine Red over an alder body.
The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
- Body: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Control Knobs: Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
- Position Inlays: Black Dot
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck Construction: 3-Bolt
- Neck Shape: 1977 "C"
- Neck Pickup: Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
- Side Dots: Black
- Headstock: Large '70s Style
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Configuration: HS
- Refinement Pickups: Pure Vintage
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Tall
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: HS
- Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender “F” Stamped
- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
- Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Refinement Fingerboard Radius: Vintage
- Neck Material: Maple
- Refinement Neck Material: Maple
- Refinement Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Material: Bone
- Truss Rod: Bullet Style
- Truss Rod Nut: Bullet Style
