Description

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.

By 1963, a new combination of tonewoods married the punch and focus of alder with the warmth added by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard, enhancing the signature Tele® twang. Featuring Pure Vintage ‘63 Telecaster® pickups, a triple threaded-steel saddle bridge and a comfortable “C”-shape maple neck, the American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Characteristic of production in 1963, this Tele features clay dots (narrow-spaced at the 12th fret), and a 7.25” radius fingerboard.

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.

Specifications:

Body Shape: Telecaster®

Body Material: Alder

Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Profile: 1963 “C”

Fretboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood

Fretboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)

Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.77 cm)

No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Tall Frets

Fretboard Inlays: Clay Dot

Pickups: Pure Vintage ’63 Single-Coil Tele® (Bridge), Pure Vintage ’63 Single-Coil Tele® (Neck)

Bridge: Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele® with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles

Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment

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

Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line “Fender Deluxe”

Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Case: Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)