Fender Limited Edition American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom, Maple Fingerboard, Black w/ Case

Fender Limited Edition American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom, Maple Fingerboard, Black w/ Case

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 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.

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.

• Alder Body
• Gloss Polyurethane Finish
• Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking and Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele® pickups
• “C”-Shaped Neck Profile
• Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
• Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped Tuners

BODY

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

NECK

• Neck Material
  Maple
• Neck Construction
  3-Bolt
• Neck Finish
  Gloss Polyurethane
• Neck Shape
  1977 "C"
• Scale Length
  25.5" (64.77 cm)
• Fingerboard Material
  Maple
• Fingerboard Radius
  7.25" (184.1 mm)
• Number of Frets
  21
• Fret Size
  Vintage Tall
• Nut Material
  Bone
• Nut Width
  1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays
  Black Dot
• Side Dots
  Black
• Truss Rod
  Bullet Style
• Truss Rod Nut
  Bullet Style

ELECTRONICS

• Bridge Pickup
  Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele®
• Neck Pickup
  Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
• Controls
  Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Switching
  3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Configuration
  HS

HARDWARE

• Bridge
  Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
• Hardware Finish
  Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines
  Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped
• Pickguard
  3-Ply Black/White/Black
• Control Knobs
  Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
• Switch Tip
  Aged White
• Neck Plate
  3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™
• Bridge Cover/Tailpiece
  Includes Chrome Bridge Cover