Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe. Sunburst MN

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.

Product Specs

General

SERIES                                      American Vintage II

ORIENTATION                         Right-Hand

COLOR                                    3-Color Sunburst

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN            US

Neck

HEADSTOCK                           Large '70s Style

NECK MATERIAL                     1-Piece Maple

NECK FINISH                            Gloss Polyurethane

NECK SHAPE                           1975 "C"

NECK CONSTRUCTION          3-Bolt

FINGERBOARD RADIUS         9.5" (241 mm)

FINGERBOARD MATERIAL     Maple

POSITION INLAYS                   Black Dot

SIDE DOTS                               Black

NUMBER OF FRETS                  21

TRUSS ROD                              Bullet Style

TRUSS ROD NUT                      Bullet Style

STRING NUT                             Bone

NUT WIDTH                              1.650" (42 mm)

NUT MATERIAL                        Bone

Body

BODY                                       Alder

BODY FINISH                           Gloss Polyurethane

BODY SHAPE                          Telecaster®

BODY MATERIAL                    Alder

Hardware

BRIDGE                                    Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles

BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE   Includes Chrome Bridge Cover

BRIDGE MOUNTING               3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail

PICKGUARD                           3-Ply Black/White/Black

PICKUP COVERS                    Chrome

CONTROL KNOBS                  Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators

SWITCH TIP                              Aged White

HARDWARE FINISH                 Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES               Pure Vintage Tele® Deluxe

STRING TREES                          Dual-Wing

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

NECK PLATE                            3-Bolt “F” Stamped with Micro-Tilt™, Serialized

STRAP BUTTONS                      Vintage-Style

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP                      Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

NECK PICKUP                         Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

PICKUP CONFIGURATION     HH

CONTROLS                             Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

SWITCHING

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

POTENTIOMETERS                   1 Meg