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.
By 1963, a new combination of tonewoods married the punch and focus of alder with the warmth added by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard, enhancing the signature Tele twang. Featuring Pure Vintage '63 Telecaster pickups, triple threaded-steel saddle bridge and a comfortable "C"-shape maple neck, the American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Characteristic of production in 1963, this Tele features clay dots (narrow-spaced at the 12th fret), a 7.25" radius fingerboard fingerboard and is offered in three colours: Crimson Red Transparent over mahogany and 3-Colour Sunburst or Surf Green over alder.
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 :
- Series: American Vintage II
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Tall
- Position Inlays: Clay Dot
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- Bridge: Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
- PICKUPS:
Neck: Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele
Bridge: Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
- Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Brown (Orange Interior)