Fender American Vintage II '75 Telecaster Deluxe (Black) Electric Guitar

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.

Initially introduced in 1972 and billed as the top model in the Telecaster® family, The Telecaster Deluxe holds the distinction of being Fender's first solid-body Telecaster with two humbucking pickups. Like the original, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe sports a large Stratocaster®-style headstock, comfort-contoured belly cut, and pair of Wide Range humbucking pickups mounted to an elongated pickguard with dual volume and tone controls and a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout. To create authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickups, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, which had been out of production since 1981, an essential element in recreating the sonics of the original.

Featuring a '75 "C"-shape hard rock maple neck, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe plays like a dream with a 9.5" radius maple fingerboard and medium jumbo frets. Characteristic of production in 1975, this Telecaster is outfitted with a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism and offered in Black, Mocha Brown, or 3-Color Sunburst over an alder body. Other features include a 6-Saddle hardtail bridge with stainless steel block saddles and vintage-accurate Tele® Deluxe tuners.

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.

Features

• Alder Body
• Gloss Polyurethane Finish
• Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking Pickups
• "C"-Shaped Neck Profile
• Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
• Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe Tuners

Specifications

• Series: American Vintage II
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Neck: 1-Piece Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel
• Block Saddles
• PICKUPS:
• Neck: Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
• Bridge: Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle
• Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
• Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Control Knobs: Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
• Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)