The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender’s roots‰ÛÓexpertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it’s going, but also remembers where it came from.

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‰ÛÓrestoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more‰ÛÓbased 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 left-handed American Vintage ’52 Telecasterå¨ guitar, 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 Telecaster specimens examined.åÊ

Features:

• Ash body
• Thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish in light Butterscotch Blonde
• Deep maple neck with “U”-shaped profile and rolled edges
• Specially voiced pickups
• Recessed-top “barrel” switch tip and knurled/domed chrome control knobs
• Vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles
• Flash-coat lacquer finish
• Newly voiced American Vintage pickups
• New neck profile
• Period-correct case and ephemera
• Warranty Included

Specifications:

• Body Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Body Material: Ash
• Body Shape: Telecasterå¨
• Bridge Pickup: American Vintage ’52 Single-Coil Tele
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Saddles
• Case/Gig Bag: Updated Deluxe Vintage Tweed
• Color: Butterscotch Blonde
• Configuration: SS
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
• Fret Size: Vintage-Style
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Included Accessories: Vintage ’52 Tele Strap, Cable, and Cloth; Vintage Wiring Kit, ’50s Tele Information Kit, Bridge Cover, Owner’s Manual, Saddle Height Wrench
• Neck Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Pickup: American Vintage ’52 Single-Coil Tele
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Shape: “U” Shape
• Number of Frets: 21
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Orientation: Left-Hand
• Other 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
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
• Strings: Fenderå¨ USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
• Tuning Machines: Single Line “Fender Deluxe” Vintage Style

This product includes Beginner’s Guide to Learning Guitar E-book