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American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom, Maple Fingerboard - Wine

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American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom, Maple Fingerboard - Wine

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American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom, Maple Fingerboard - Wine
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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.

The Telecaster® Custom marked one of Fender's earliest forays into the use of humbucking pickups. The Tele® Custom featured a comfort-contoured belly cut, 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, Fender 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.

Series: American Vintage II
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Neck: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood (Olympic White), Maple (Wine and Black)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Tall
Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot - 7mm
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender® "F" Stamped
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
PICKUPS:
Neck: Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
Bridge: Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele®
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)

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This guitar fits a very specific sound, so if you are looking for a classic telecaster this is not it. I would only recommend this if you already have a Tele and love it. This is great guitar when you want that 70’s guitar rock sound, but do not want the weight of a Les Paul. This niche is an amazing neigh by the way. The sounds that come out of the humbucker on its own are like a Les Paul, but angrier, when you blend the single in it sings in a way that is hard to describe, but you expect that sound to be coming from an old, smokey blues bar. I will still give you some twang, but not a traditional Tele twang, this one is is little scrapper (in a good way). This might be the longest review I have done but I am absolutely blown away by this guitar and it will be a frequent player in my collection. This is a hidden gem as well as it is a limited edition and they are not making anymore like this with the heal tapper. The tapper was a mistake, so they called these limited.
Posted by Jay on Jan 2, 2024
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