Fender American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster® Crimson Red Transparent RN

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 are clay dots (narrow-spaced at the 12th fret) and a 7.25” radius fingerboard.

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.

Product Specs

General

SERIES                                    American Vintage II

ORIENTATION                      Right-Hand

COLOR                                  Crimson Red Transparent

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN       US

Neck

HEADSTOCK                        Telecaster®

NECK MATERIAL                 Maple

NECK FINISH                         Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK SHAPE                        1963 "C"

NECK CONSTRUCTION     4-Bolt

FINGERBOARD RADIUS     7.25" (184.1 mm)

FINGERBOARD                    Round-Laminated Rosewood

POSITION INLAYS                Clay Dot

SIDE DOTS                             Vintage Clay

NUMBER OF FRETS              21

TRUSS ROD                           Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

TRUSS ROD NUT                   Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

STRING NUT                          Bone

NUT WIDTH                           1.650" (42 mm)

NUT MATERIAL                     Bone

Body

BODY                                     Mahogany

BODY FINISH                        Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

BODY SHAPE                       Telecaster®

BODY MATERIAL                 Mahogany

Hardware                            

BRIDGE                                              Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele® with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles

BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE          Includes Chrome Bridge Cover

BRIDGE MOUNTING                       4-Screw Vintage-Style

PICKGUARD                                     3-Ply Parchment

PICKUP COVERS                             Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black

CONTROL KNOBS                           Knurled Flat-Top

SWITCH TIP                           Top Hat Style, Black

HARDWARE FINISH             Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES           Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"

STRING TREES                       Butterfly

STRINGS                                Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046)

NECK PLATE                         4-Bolt Serialized

STRAP BUTTONS                   Vintage-Style

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP                   Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele®

NECK PICKUP                      Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele®

PICKUP CONFIG.                SS

CONTROLS                           Master Volume, Master Tone

SWITCHING                          3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup