Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster Maple Butterscotch Blonde
Item: FE0110202850
Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster Maple Butterscotch Blonde
Item: FE0110202850
The American Vintage Series has long presented some of Fender's best selling guitars (their early-'80s introduction, in fact, was one of the first signs that Fender was "back" as the CBS era ended). Today, Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we've completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept—restoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more—based on actual vintage guitars we tracked down to make sure we had it right. We did the work, and it shows, because there's pure tonal magic in each new American Vintage instrument.
Nowhere is this re-dedication to detail more evident than on the American Vintage '52 Telecaster, which returns to the fold with body, neck and pickups refined with the best features (tones, curves, perimeters, radii and more) from a handful of extraordinary '52 Tele specimens we examined. Premium features include an ash body with a singe-ply black pickguard and thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish in lighter Butterscotch Blonde, deep maple neck with "U"-shaped profile and generously rolled edges, sculpted headstock volute for even more first-position comfort, long-lost recessed-top "barrel" switch tip, vintage tuner spacing for truly straight string pull over the bone nut, vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles, and knurled chrome domed control knobs.
Serial# V1204586
Weight 7lbs. 4oz.
Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster Maple Butterscotch Blonde
Features:
- Slightly lighter Butterscotch Blonde finish
- Large maple neck with re-sculpted U-shaped profile and comfortably rolled edges
- All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound
- "Barrel" switch tip and knurled chrome domed control knobs
Specifications:
- Body Shape: Telecaster
- Neck Shape: "U" Shape
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage-Style
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Neck Material: Maple
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
- Pickup Configuration: S/S
- Bridge Pickup: American Vintage Single-Coil '52 Tele
- Neck Pickup: American Vintage '52 Single-Coil Tele
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Bridge: Original Vintage Style Telecaster with 3 Brass Saddles
- String Nut: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Single Line "Fender Deluxe" Vintage Style
- Switch Tips: Barrel Style
- Unique Features: Slightly lighter Butterscotch Blonde finish; Large maple neck with re-sculpted U-shaped profile and comfortably rolled edges; All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, "Barrel" switch tip and knurled chrome domed control knobs
- Control Knobs: Knurled Dome