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, 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), a 7.25” radius fingerboard fingerboard and is offered in three colours: Crimson Red Transparent over mahogany and 3-Colour Sunburst or Surf Green over alder.
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.
Features
- Alder body w/ Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
- Maple 1963 "C" neck w/ 25.5" (64.77 cm) scale & Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
- Round-Laminated Rosewood fretboard w/ 7.25" (184.1 mm) radius & Clay Dot inlays
- 21 Vintage Tall frets
- 1.650" (42 mm) Bone nut
- Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe" tuning machines
- Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele® with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles bridge
- Pure Vintage '63 Single-Coil Tele® bridge and neck pickups w/ Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black pickup covers
- Master Volume, Master Tone controls & 3-Position Blade switch
- Includes Vintage-Style Brown Case (Orange Interior)