Serial number: V1633959 (made March 2016)

Fantastic guitar. Plays and sounds like a dream. The "Flash Coat" nitrocellulose lacquer has aged nicely, making this feel like a vintage Tele. This is from the "Pure Vintage Series" (2012-2017) when Fender got it right. After this, they went to a polyurethane sealer under nitrocellulose lacquer on the American Vintage series, for example. See photos of accompanying "Lacquer Finishes: Precautions and Care" booklet from Fender.

The saddles have been upgraded to Glendale "Intone Cutting Edge" Compensated Saddles for better intonation, but the original Fenders are included. The volume and tone pots have been rewired so they taper properly rather than dropping off suddenly (which is what happens when you wire regular pots backwards on a lefty guitar as Fender tends to do). Turning them clockwise now increases volume/tone.

Comes with "Updated Deluxe Vintage Tweed" case and all case candy.

Weight: 7.64 lbs

Buyers from outside Canada and the US: Please message me for a shipping quote.

Description from Fender

"The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender's roots - expertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it's going, but also remembers where it came from.

The American Vintage Series has long presented some of Fender's best selling guitars (their early-'80s introduction, in fact, was one of the first signs that Fender was "back" as the CBS era ended). Today, Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we've completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept - restoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more - based on actual vintage guitars we tracked down to make sure we had it right. We did the work, and it shows, because there's pure tonal magic in each new American Vintage instrument.

Nowhere is this re-dedication to detail more evident than on the left-handed American Vintage '52 Telecaster® guitar, which returns to the fold with body, neck and pickups refined with the best features (tones, curves, perimeters, radii and more) from a handful of extraordinary '52 Telecaster specimens we examined. Premium features include an ash body with a singe-ply black pickguard and thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish in lighter Butterscotch Blonde, deep maple neck with "U"-shaped profile and generously rolled edges, sculpted headstock volute for even more first-position comfort, long-lost recessed-top "barrel" switch tip, vintage tuner spacing for truly straight string pull over the bone nut, vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles, and knurled chrome domed control knobs."

Review from The Gear Page

“The American Vintage series (2012-2017), also known as Pure Vintage, was essentially the production model of the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine series. For instance, an American Vintage 56 Stratocaster and and Custom shop 56 Stratocaster Time Machine were identical spec wise. Many believe that this AV series is the closest Fender has come to replicating pre-CBS era guitars. Accurate neck profiles, thinner finishes and because of the meticulous attention to vintage specs with the pickups and body carves. Fender reverse engineered these off of real vintage examples.

In fact, this whole series may be even more accurate than Custom shop reissues since they do not have the "Custom shop" logo on the headstock and any modern relicing. Furthermore, very few come up for sale and those that do sell quickly.

Could these be the best reissues (period-correct) Fender have made since the pre-CBS years? Does anyone else feel the same about these? Will these become collectible and increase in value?”

Specifications
Body: Ash
Body Finish: Flash Coat Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Saddles
Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '52 Single-Coil Tele®
Color: Butterscotch Blonde
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Fret Size: Vintage-Style
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Neck Finish: Flash Coat Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Pickup: Pure Vintage '52 Single-Coil Tele
Neck Shape: "U" Shape
Number of Frets: 21
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Orientation: Left-Hand
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade (Bridge; Bridge and Neck; Neck)
Refinement Neck Material: Maple
Refinement Neck Shape: U Shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"