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.

By 1963, a new combination of tonewoods married the punch and focus of alder with the warmth added by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard, enhancing the signature Tele twang. Featuring Pure Vintage '63 Telecaster pickups, triple threaded-steel saddle bridge, and a comfortable "C"-shape maple neck, the American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.

Characteristic of production in 1963, this Tele features clay dots (narrow-spaced at the 12th fret), a 7.25" radius fingerboard fingerboard and is offered in three colors: Crimson Red Transparent over mahogany and 3-Color Sunburst or Surf Green over alder.

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.

Specs:

- Series: American Vintage II

- Model Name: American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster

- Body Material: Alder

- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

- Neck: Maple, 1963 "C"

- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

- Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood, 7.25" (184.1 mm)

- Frets: 21, Vintage Tall

- Position Inlays: Clay Dot

- Nut (Material/Width): Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)

- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"

- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

- Bridge: Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles

- Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment/Black/Parchment

- Pickups: Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele (Bridge, Neck)

- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade; Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top

- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

- Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Brown Hardshell Case (Orange Interior)