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.
Specs
Type |
Solid Body |
Colour |
Mocha |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
Telecaster® |
Body Material |
Alder |
Body Finish |
Gloss Polyurethane
|
Neck Material |
1-Piece Maple
|
Neck Shape |
1975 “C”
|
Neck Finish |
Gloss Polyurethane
|
Fretboard Material |
Maple |
Number of Frets |
21 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Black Dot
|
Fretboard Radius |
9.5″ (241 mm)
|
Nut Material |
Bone |
Nut Width |
1.650″ (42 mm)
|
Pickguard |
Chrome |
Neck Pickup |
Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
|
Bridge Pickup |
Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking
|
Controls |
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup) Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup) Tone 1. (Neck Pickup) Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
Pickup Switching |
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups Position 3. Neck Pickup |
Bridge |
Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
|
Tuners |
Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe
|
Strings |
Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
|
Case/ Bag |
Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior) |