Fender American Vintage '64 Telecaster Left-Handed Electric Guitar, with Rosewood Fingerboard and Case

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Play a recreation of the Telecaster from one of Fender's all-time great years. The American Vintage '64 Tele captures all the magic of the original.

Overview

1964 was a monumental year for popular music and a pivotal year for the Telecaster, too, as seen in the left-handed Fender American Vintage '64 Telecaster. 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 introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender's roots -- expertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it's going, but also remembers where it came from.

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… read more vintage accuracy yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we'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 they tracked down to make sure they had it right. They did the work, and it shows, because there's pure tonal magic in each new American Vintage instrument.

Specs

General:
- Model Name: American Vintage '64 Telecaster(R) Left-Handed
- Series: American Vintage

Body:
- Body: Alder
- Body Shape: Telecaster(R)
- Body Finish: 0111020800, New Fender Flash Coat Lacquer

Neck:
- Neck Shape: Mid '60s "C" Shape
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets
- Fretboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
- Fretboard: Round Laminated Rosewood
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: New Fender Flash Coat Lacquer
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
- Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust

Electronics:
- Pickup Configuration: S/S
- Bridge Pickup: New American Vintage '64 Gray-Bottom Tele(R) Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)
- Neck Pickup: New American Vintage '64 Gray-Bottom Tele(R) Single-Coil Pickup (Neck)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Hardware:
- Hardware: Chrome
- Bridge: Original Vintage Style Tele(R) Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Saddles
- String Nut: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Single Line "Fender Deluxe" Vintage Style
- Switch Tip: "Top Hat" Style Switch Tip

Miscellaneous:
- Strings: Fender(R) USA 250R NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Unique Features: Slimmer, more rounded maple neck with "C"-shaped profile and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays; All-new pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with staggered bridge pickup pole magnets; Threaded steel "barrel" bridge saddles; "Top-hat" switch tip and flat-top knurled chrome control knobs

Accessories:
- Case/Gig Bag: New Deluxe Vintage Brown Case
- Pickguards: 3-Ply White with Vintage Bevel
- Included Accessories: Vintage '64 Tele Strap, Cable, and Cloth; Vintage Wiring Kit, 60's Tele Information Kit, Bridge Cover, Owner's Manual, Saddle Height Wrench
- Control Knobs: New Knurled Chrome Flat Top