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Fender American Vintage ’64 Telecaster Electric Guitar  Aged White Blonde Rosewood
OVERVIEW

A desirable vintage of the versatile classic with its improved neck and fingerboard.

1964 was a monumental year for popular music and a pivotal year for the Telecaster, too, as seen in the Fender American Vintage ’64 Telecaster Electric Guitar. 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.

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, they’ve completely and comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept-restoring original tooling dies, voicing new pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more-based on actual vintage guitars. Includes case.

FEATURES Body

  • Body shape: Single cutaway
  • Body type: Solid body
  • Body material: Solid wood
  • Top wood: Not applicable
  • Body wood: Alder
  • Body finish: Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed

Neck

  • Neck shape: C mid ’60s
  • Neck wood: Maple
  • Joint: Bolt-on
  • Scale length: 25.5″
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Neck finish: Gloss

Fretboard

  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: 7.25″
  • Fret size: Medium
  • Number of frets: 21
  • Inlays: Dot
  • Nut width: 1.65″ (42mm)

Pickups

  • Configuration: SS
  • Neck: American Vintage ’64 Tele
  • Middle: Not applicable
  • Bridge: American Vintage ’64 Tele
  • Brand: Fender
  • Active or passive: Passive
  • Series or parallel: Series
  • Piezo: No
  • Active EQ: No
  • Special electronics: None

Controls

  • Control layout: Master volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: 3-way
  • Coil tap or split: No
  • Kill switch: No

Hardware

  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: 3-saddle vintage-style
  • Tailpiece: Not applicable
  • Tuning machines: Deluxe sealed
  • Color: Chrome

Other

  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: Neck profile
  • Case: Hardshell case
  • Accessories: Strap, cable, cloth and owner’s manual
  • Country of origin: United States

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