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Fender American Vintage II Thinline Telecaster - Lake Placid Blue

For your consideration, Garrett Park Music presents this Fender American Vintage II Thinline Telecaster in Lake Placid Blue.

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 Thinline first debuted in July of 1968 and the semi-hollow design was created to produce light instruments from heavy ash. Reimagined in late 71 around a pair of Wide-Range humbucking pickups mounted to a reshaped curvy pearloid pickguard, the souped-up second-generation Telecaster Thinline had its first full year of production in 1972. Notably, it was Fender's first six-string with humbucking pickups and the first Tele with six adjustable bridge saddles. The American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.

Featuring a C-shape hard rock maple neck, the American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline plays like a dream with a 7.25" radius fingerboard and vintage tall frets. To create authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickups, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, an essential element in recreating the sonics of the originals. Characteristic of production in 1972, this Thinline is outfitted with a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt mechanism, "F" stamped tuners, 6-saddle string-through-body hardtail with bent steel saddles and offered in Aged Natural, 3-Color Sunburst, and Lake Placid Blue over a semi-hollow ash 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.

FEATURES

  • Semi-Hollow Ash Body
  • Gloss Polyurethane Finish
  • Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking Pickups
  • C-Shaped Neck Profile
  • Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles
  • Pure Vintage Fender "F" Stamped Tuners

SPECS

General

SERIES - American Vintage II

ORIENTATION -Right-Hand

COLOR -Lake Placid Blue

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -US

Neck

HEADSTOCK -Telecaster

NECK MATERIAL - 1-Piece Maple

NECK FINISH - Gloss Polyurethane

NECK SHAPE - 1972 "C"

NECK CONSTRUCTION - 3-Bolt

FINGERBOARD RADIUS - 7.25" (184.1 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL - Maple

POSITION INLAYS - Black Dot

SIDE DOTS - Black

NUMBER OF FRETS - 21

TRUSS ROD - Bullet Style

TRUSS ROD NUT - Bullet Style

STRING NUT - Bone

NUT WIDTH - 1.650" (42 mm)

NUT MATERIAL - Bone

Body

BODY - Semi-Hollow Ash

BODY FINISH - Gloss Polyurethane

BODY SHAPE - Telecaster

BODY MATERIAL - Semi-Hollow Ash

Hardware

BRIDGE - Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles

BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE - Includes Chrome Bridge Cover

BRIDGE MOUNTING - 3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail

PICKGUARD - 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid

PICKUP COVERS - Chrome

CONTROL KNOBS - Knurled Flat-Top

SWITCH TIP - Top Hat Style, Black

HARDWARE FINISH - Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES - Pure Vintage Fender "F" Stamped

STRING TREES - Butterfly

STRINGS - Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

NECK PLATE - 3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt, Serialized

STRAP BUTTONS - Vintage-Style

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP - Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

NECK PICKUP - Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

PICKUP CONFIGURATION - HH

CONTROLS - Master Volume, Master Tone

SWITCHING - 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

POTENTIOMETERS - 1 Meg

Measurements

DIMENSIONS - 6.50x17.00x44.00 IN

FRET SIZE - Vintage Tall

SCALE LENGTH - 25.5" (64.77 cm)

 

Comes with a vintage-style Fender hardshell case.

 

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