2023 Fender American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom Black

The entire line up of American Vintage II guitars are amazing in every respect: looks, playability, historic accuracy, and the highest build quality you could ask for. Have you ever dreamt of owning a perfect Olympic White 1977 Telecaster Custom but could never hunt one down? Well, you can make that dream come true with a brand new American Vintage II model that takes its historic lineage seriously from top to bottom. Take this one home and you won't be disappointed.

Freshly set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech, so this Telecaster is totally dialed in and sounding magnificent. Comes with its original hard shell case, of course.

FROM FENDER:

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.

SPECS:

Pure Vintage F-Stamped Tuners

1.65" Bone Nut

C-Shaped Maple Neck with 25.5" Scale Length

Neck Depth .85" at First Fret and .91" at Twelfth Fret

3-Bolt F-Stamped Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™ Adjustment

21 Vintage Tall Frets

Maple Fingerboard with 7.25" Radius

Authentic CuNiFe Wide Range Humbucker (Neck) and Pure Vintage '77 Telecaster Single Coil (Bridge)

6-Saddle Steel String-thru-Body Bridge

Alder Body in Black Finish

Original Hard Shell Case

Serial Number VS220047