Fender American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar - Black, Maple Fingerboard

Fender American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar - Black, Maple Fingerboard

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.

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Highlights

• Alder Body
• Gloss Polyurethane Finish
• Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking and Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele® pickups
• "C"-Shaped Neck Profile
• Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
• Pure Vintage Fender® "F" Stamped Tuners

Specifications

• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Type:Solidbody
  
• Body Shape:Telecaster
• Body Material:Alder
• Body Finish:Gloss Polyurethane
• Color:Black
• Neck Material:Maple
  
• Neck Shape:1977 C
• Neck Joint:3-way Bolt-on
• Radius:7.25"
• Fingerboard Material:Maple
• Fingerboard Inlay:Black Dots
• Number of Frets:21, Vintage Tall
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.650"
• Nut Material:Bone
• Bridge/Tailpiece:Pure Vintage 6-saddle Tele with Slotted Steel Barrel
  
• Tuners:Pure Vintage Fender "F" Stamped
• Neck Pickup:Authentic CuNiFe Wide-range Humbucker
  
• Bridge Pickup:Pure Vintage '77 Single-coil Tele
• Controls:2 x volume, 2 x tone
• Switching:3-way toggle pickup switch
• Strings:Fender, .010-.046
  
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case
• Manufacturer Part Number:0110442806
• Depth at 1st Fret: .876"
• Depth at 12th Fret: .912"
  

Condition: Excellent. Light wear typical of a gently used instrument. Light surface scratches, scuffs, etc.
The instrument pictured is the exact instrument you’ll receive. All fretted instruments receive a free complimentary professional setup.

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