For the guitarist who craves pure vintage Fender style, the American Vintage series presents original-era model year guitars built with meticulous attention to accurate detail that bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life.
Before there was rock 'n' roll, there was the Telecaster - the Fender guitar that started it all. From humble beginnings came a revolutionary and elegantly simple new electric guitar that let musicians be heard loud and clear with sparkling tone and distinctive style. The U.S. made American Vintage '52 Telecaster puts that original-instrument magic in your hands, built using original tooling and based on actual 1952 models we tracked down.
This specific model is part of the earlier run of "New American Vintage Reissues" and features a flash coat lacquer on the neck, along with a pencil neck date - unlike the later versions which have the ink stamp.
Specifications
Body: Ash
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Neck Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: "U" Shape
Neck Depth @ 1st Fret: 0.885"
Neck Depth @ 12th Fret: 1.005"
Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Frets: 21 x Vintage-Style
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Pickups: 2 x Pure Vintage '52 Single-Coil Tele®
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade - Position 1: Bridge Pickup, Position 2: Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3: Neck Pickup
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Saddles
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe"
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Condition Supplied with the original Fender Tweed Case and plenty of case candy (photographed). This example exhibits honest play-wear including small chips, light checking and wear through to the finish on the back of the neck (possible some light sanding, but this is limited to the treble side), along with some light oxidisation to the hardware. The frets retail a lot of life with an average height of 0.035".
A full set-up including a fret dress has been carried out here at Cody's Guitars, along with a full breakdown of parts - not only to ensure everything is functioning correctly, but also to verify originality. Any non-original parts will be listed in the description.
