Description

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. Limited quantities!

Specifications:

Body Shape: Telecaster®

Body Material: Alder

Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane

Neck Profile: 1977 “C”

Fretboard Material: Maple

Fretboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)

Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.77 cm)

No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Tall

Fretboard Inlays: Black Dot Inlays

Pickups: Pure Vintage ’77 Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge), Authentic CuNiFe® Wide-Range Humbucking (Neck)

Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles

Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black

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

Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped

Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Case: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)