Description
Our Take:
Telecaster Customs are generally the way to go for players who love the Tele look and feel, but need a little more cushion in their sound. The American Original ’70s Telecaster Custom is an excellent choice if you’re leaning that way: it’s a very faithful and well-built recreation of the original Customs. The original-era stylings are a great look, and the pickups: well, the guitar really speaks for itself.
Fender’s Take:
At the dawn of the seventies, as popular music trended towards the fatter tones of humbucking pickups into overdriven amps, Fender hired legendary humbucking pickup designer Seth Lover to create a distinctly Fender-flavored take on a higher output dual-coil pickup. The resulting Wide Range pickup used large bobbins and threaded CuNiFe rod magnets to achieve its unique and brilliant sound. The Telecaster® Custom was discontinued in 1979 and real CuNiFe-magnet pickups disappeared with them.
The American Original ‘70s Telecaster Custom features the first authentic CuNiFe magnet powered Wide Range neck pickup in over 40 years, complimented by a calibrated Tim-Shaw-designed ‘70s Telecaster single-coil bridge pickup. Controls include individual volume and tone for each pickup and an upper-bout 3-way toggle switch. Other touches include original-era body radii, vintage-style hardware – including F logo tuners and bullet truss rod adjust and a lacquer finish that lets the wood breathe naturally with resonant tone. A vintage-style hardshell case is included.
Standard Specifications
General Info
| Brand: | Fender |
| Model: | American Original ’70s Telecaster Custom |
| Color: | 3 Color Sunburst |
| Serial: | Call |
| Weight: | Call |
| Condition: | New |
Body
| Material: | Alder |
| Finish: | Gloss Lacquer |
Neck
| Material: | Maple |
| Finish: | Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard Material/Radius: | Maple, 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Frets (Number and Size): | 21, Vintage Tall |
| Inlays: | Black Dot |
| Nut (Material and Width): | Bone, 1.650″ (42 mm) |
| Scale Length: |
25.5″ (648 mm) |
| Profile: |
Medium “C” |
Electronics
| Pickups: |
Vintage-Style ’70s Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge), Tim Shaw Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking (Neck) |
| Pickup Switching: |
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Controls: |
Volume 1. (Bridge Pickup), Volume 2. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Neck Pickup) |
Hardware
| Tuning Machines: |
Fender® Vintage “F” Stamped |
| Bridge: |
3-Saddle Vintage-Style Tele® with Slotted Steel Saddles |
| Pickguard: |
3-Ply Black/White/Black |
| Control Knobs: |
Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators |
| Hardware Finish: |
Nickel/Chrome |
Accessories
Vintage-Style Hardshell Case
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