NEW - 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.

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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.

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.

Specs

Accessories

• Case: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)

Body

• Body: Alder
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Telecaster®

Electronics

• 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)
• Neck Pickup: Authentic CuNiFe® Wide-Range Humbucking
• Pickup Configuration: HS
• Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

General

• Color: Black
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Product Name: American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster® Custom, Maple Fingerboard, Black
• Series: American Vintage II

Hardware

• Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
• Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
• Bridge Mounting: 4-Screw Vintage-Style
• Control Knobs: Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Neck Plate: 3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
• Pickup Covers: Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black
• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
• String Trees: Dual-Wing
• Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
• Switch Tip: Aged White
• Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped

Measurements

• Fret Size: Vintage Tall
• Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

Neck

• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
• Headstock: Large '70s Style
• Neck Construction: 3-Bolt
• Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: 1977 "C"
• Number of Frets: 21
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Side Dots: Black
• String Nut: Bone
• Truss Rod: Bullet Style
• Truss Rod Nut: Bullet Style