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    Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster® Thinline, Maple Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue

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    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® Thinline first debuted in July of 1968 and the semi-hollow design was created to produce light instruments from heavy ash. Reimagined in late ’71 around a pair of Wide-Range humbucking pickups mounted to a reshaped curvy pearloid pickguard, the souped-up second-generation Telecaster Thinline had its first full year of production in 1972. Notably, it was Fender’s first six string with humbucking pickups and the first Tele® with six adjustable bridge saddles. The American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster® Thinline reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.

    Featuring a “C”-shape hard rock maple neck, the American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster® Thinline plays like a dream with a 7.25” radius fingerboard and vintage tall frets. To create authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickups, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, an essential element in recreating the sonics of the originals. Characteristic of production in 1972, this Thinline is outfitted with a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism, “F” stamped tuners, 6-saddle string-through body hardtail with bent steel saddles and offered in Aged Natural, 3-Color Sunburst, and Lake Placid Blue over a semi-hollow ash 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.

    Specs

    Type

    Solid Body

    Colour

    Lake Placid Blue

    Orientation

    Right Handed

    Number of Strings

    6

    Body Shape

    Telecaster®

    Body Material

    Semi-Hollow Ash

    Body Finish

    Gloss Polyurethane

    Neck Material

    1-Piece Maple

    Neck Shape

    1972 "C"

    Neck Finish

    Gloss Polyurethane

    Fretboard Material

    Maple

    Number of Frets

    21

    Fretboard Inlays

    Black Dot with Black Side Dots

    Fret Size

    Vintage Tall

    Fretboard Radius

    7.25" (184.1 mm)

    Nut Material

    Bone

    Nut Width

    1.650" (42 mm)

    Neck Pickup

    Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

    Bridge Pickup

    Authentic CuNiFe Wide-Range Humbucking

    Controls

    1 X Master Volume, 1 X Master Tone, 3-Position Pickup Selector

    Pickguard

    4-Ply Aged White Pearloid

    Bridge

    Pure Vintage 6-Saddle String-Through Body Hardtail with Bent Steel Saddles (Includes Chrome Bridge Cover)

    Tuners

    Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped

    Strings

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

    Case/ Bag

    Vintage-Style Black (Orange Interior)