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.

1964 was a monumental year for popular music and a pivotal year for the Telecasterå¨ guitar, as seen in the left-handed American Vintage ’64 Telecaster. The thicker maple necks of the ’50s and early ’60s now gave way to a more rounded “C”-shaped profile, this time topped with a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays. Other vintage-accurate touches include a lightweight alder body (ash on White Blonde model), staggered bridge pickup pole magnets, threaded steel “barrel” bridge saddles, three-ply white pickguard with eight holes, top-hat switch tip, flat-top knurled chrome control knobs and more.

Features:

• Alder body (ash on White Blonde model)
• Comfortable ‰ÛÏU‰۝-shaped neck profile
• Round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays
• Specially voiced pickups, including staggered bridge-pickup pole magnets
• ‰ÛÏTop hat‰۝ switch tip and flat-top knurled chrome control knobs
• String-through-body bridge with three threaded steel ‰ÛÏbarrel‰۝ saddles
• Flash-coat lacquer finish
• Newly voiced American Vintage pickups
• Period-correct neck profile
• “Round-Lam” rosewood fingerboard
• Warranty Included

Specifications:

• Body Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Telecasterå¨
• Bridge Pickup: American Vintage ’64 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Tele
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
• Case/Gig Bag: Updated Deluxe Vintage Brown
• Color: 3-Color Sunburst
• Configuration: SS
• Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
• Fret Size: Vintage-Style
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Included Accessories: Vintage ’64 Tele Strap, Cable, and Cloth; Vintage Wiring Kit, 60’s Tele Information Kit, Bridge Cover, Owner’s Manual, Saddle Height Wrench
• Neck Finish: Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Pickup: American Vintage ’64 Gray-Bottom Single-Coil Tele
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Neck Shape: Mid ’60s “C”
• Number of Frets: 21
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Orientation: Left-Hand
• Other Features: Slimmer, more rounded maple neck with “C”-shaped profile and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays; All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with staggered bridge pickup pole magnets; Threaded steel “barrel” bridge saddles; “Top-hat” switch tip and flat-top knurled chrome control knobs
• Pickguard: 3-Ply White with Vintage Bevel
• Position Inlays: Pearloid 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