FENDER - American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster® Deluxe, Maple Fingerboard - 3-Color Sunburst

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.

Initially introduced in 1972 and billed as the top model in the Telecaster® family, The Telecaster Deluxe holds the distinction of being Fender’s first solid-body Telecaster with two humbucking pickups. Like the original, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe sports a large Stratocaster®-style headstock, comfort-contoured belly cut, and pair of Wide Range humbucking pickups mounted to an elongated pickguard with dual volume and tone controls and a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout. To create authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickups, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, which had been out of production since 1981, an essential element in recreating the sonics of the original.

Featuring a ‘75 “C”-shape hard rock maple neck, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe plays like a dream with a 9.5” radius maple fingerboard and medium jumbo frets. Characteristic of production in 1975, this Telecaster is outfitted with a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism and offered in Black, Mocha Brown, or 3-Color Sunburst over an alder body. Other features include a 6-Saddle hardtail bridge with stainless steel block saddles and vintage-accurate Tele® Deluxe tuners.

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.

CASE/GIG BAG:
Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)

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General
SERIESAmerican Vintage II
ORIENTATIONRight-Hand
COLOR3-Color Sunburst
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUS
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Neck
HEADSTOCKLarge '70s Style
NECK MATERIAL1-Piece Maple
NECK FINISHGloss Polyurethane
NECK SHAPE1975 "C"
NECK CONSTRUCTION3-Bolt
FINGERBOARD RADIUS9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIALMaple
POSITION INLAYSBlack Dot
SIDE DOTSBlack
NUMBER OF FRETS21
TRUSS RODBullet Style
TRUSS ROD NUTBullet Style
STRING NUTBone
NUT WIDTH1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIALBone
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Body
BODYAlder
BODY FINISHGloss Polyurethane
BODY SHAPETelecaster®
BODY MATERIALAlder
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Hardware
BRIDGEPure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECEIncludes Chrome Bridge Cover
BRIDGE MOUNTING3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail
PICKGUARD3-Ply Black/White/Black
PICKUP COVERSChrome
CONTROL KNOBSSkirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
SWITCH TIPAged White
HARDWARE FINISHNickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINESPure Vintage Tele® Deluxe
STRING TREESDual-Wing
STRINGSFender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
NECK PLATE3-Bolt “F” Stamped with Micro-Tilt™, Serialized
STRAP BUTTONSVintage-Style
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Electronics
BRIDGE PICKUPAuthentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
NECK PICKUPAuthentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
PICKUP CONFIGURATIONHH
CONTROLSVolume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
SWITCHING3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
POTENTIOMETERS1 Meg
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Measurements
FRET SIZEMedium Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH25.5" (64.77 cm)