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.
Features
Alder Body
Gloss Polyurethane Finish
Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking Pickups
"C"-Shaped Neck Profile
Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe Tuners
Specifications:
General
American Vintage II
Right-Hand
Mocha
US
Neck
Large '70s Style
1-Piece Maple
Gloss Polyurethane
1975 "C"
3-Bolt
9.5" (241 mm)
Maple
Black Dot
Black
21
Bullet Style
Bullet Style
Bone
1.650" (42 mm)
Bone
Body
Alder
Gloss Polyurethane
Telecaster®
Alder
Hardware
Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail
3-Ply Black/White/Black
Chrome
Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
Aged White
Nickel/Chrome
Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe
Dual-Wing
Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
3-Bolt “F” Stamped with Micro-Tilt™, Serialized
Vintage-Style
Electronics
Authentic CuNiFe® Wide-Range Humbucking
Authentic CuNiFe® Wide-Range Humbucking
HH
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup