OVERVIEW

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.

The Telecaster® Custom marked one of Fender’s earliest forays into the use of humbucking pickups. The Tele® Custom featured a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout and dual volume and tone controls mounted to a stylish, elongated pickguard. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.

This Tele features a Wide Range humbucking pickup in the neck position and a Pure Vintage '77 single-coil Tele® pickup in the bridge position. To create an authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickup, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, which had been out of production since 1981, and are an essential element in recreating the sonics of the original. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom plays like a dream with a ‘77 “C”-shape hard rock maple neck with a 7.25” radius maple or rosewood fingerboard and vintage tall frets. Other features include a Tele bridge with 6 slotted steel barrel saddles, “F” stamped tuners, a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut and a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism. Available in three finish options: Olympic White, 3-Color Sunburst, and Wine Red over an alder body.

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.

American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster® Custom

Neck

HEADSTOCK

Large '70s Style

NECK MATERIAL

Maple

NECK FINISH

Gloss Polyurethane

NECK SHAPE

1977 "C"

NECK CONSTRUCTION

3-Bolt

FINGERBOARD RADIUS

7.25" (184.1 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 Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles

BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE

Includes Chrome Bridge Cover

BRIDGE MOUNTING

4-Screw Vintage-Style

PICKGUARD

3-Ply Black/White/Black

PICKUP COVERS

Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black

CONTROL KNOBS

Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators

SWITCH TIP

Aged White

HARDWARE FINISH

Nickel/Chrome

TUNING MACHINES

Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped

STRING TREES

Dual-Wing

STRINGS

Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

NECK PLATE

3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™

STRAP BUTTONS

Vintage-Style

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP

Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele®

NECK PICKUP

Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

PICKUP CONFIGURATION

HS

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

AMERICAN VINTAGE II 1977 TELECASTER® CUSTOM

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