Fender American Vintage II 51 Telecaster MN BTB
Everything about the Fender American Vintage II 51 Telecaster
The Fender American Vintage II series not only takes its visual cues from the historic designs that made music history, but we have also faithfully reproduced many period-correct details: bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and pickups that are carefully voiced to match the tone of the original model year. Thanks to traditional Fender craftsmanship, every instrument embodies the authentic character and sound of the respective original.
One year after the debut of the Broadcaster, Fender received a telegram from the Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co. demanding they stop using the name. Leo Fender therefore had to come up with a new name for his first electric guitar. In 1951 the first Blackguard Telecaster went on sale. The model is still produced to this day. Remarkably simple yet a game changer, the Telecaster made the solid-body electric guitar commercially viable — and became a source of inspiration for countless musicians.
With its ash body in Butterscotch Blonde, the American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster matches the original in both tone and looks. The neck is made from Hard Rock Maple (rock maple) and is crafted in a chunky '51 U-shaped profile, and it plays wonderfully. Vintage Tall Frets sit atop the 7.25” fretboard. Typical for the 1951 production year is the narrow dot spacing at the 12th fret. Also historically accurate are details such as the Phillips-head screw for the truss-rod adjustment, a bridge with three brass saddles and the headstock fitted with “Fender Deluxe” tuners. Pure Vintage '51 Telecaster pickups deliver the coveted Tele twang and authentic Fender style.
Product information "Fender American Vintage II 51 Telecaster MN BTB"
The American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster has an ash body to capture the tone and look of the original. The solid 51 "U" shaped hard rock maple neck plays like a dream with its 7.25" radius fingerboard and high vintage frets. Characteristic of the 1951 production is the close spacing of the dots at the 12th fret and the only Phillips screw to be found on the guitar is at the truss rod saddle. The three brass tabs on the bridge, "Fender Deluxe" tuners and Pure Vintage '51 Telecaster pickups ensure classic twang and authentic Fender style.
- Body Material: Ash
- Body Shape: T-Style
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge / Tremolo: Fender Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele Bridge with brass saddles and serial number
- Bridge Pickup: Fender Pure Vintage '51 Single-Coil Tele®
- Color/ Finish: Butterscotch Blonde
- Colour: Blonde
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Custom shop: no
- Factory Stringing: Fender Nickel Plated Steel
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Fretboard: Maple
- Fretboard Inlays: Black Dots
- Fretboard radius: 7,25"
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 21
- Fret size: Vintage Tall
- Hardware: Nickel / Chrome
- Includes: Fender vintage-style Tweed Case with red lining, Chrome Bridge Cover
- Neck: Canadian Hard Rock Maple
- Neck Pickup: Fender Pure Vintage '51 Single-Coil Tele®
- Neck Profile: 1951 "U"
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: High Gloss
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Nut material: Bone
- Pickguard: Black 1-Ply
- Pickup Configuration: S-S (2x Single Coil)
- Pickup Cover: Chrome/Black
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3-Way Bladeswitch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Chrome
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Tuning Machines: Fender Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe
To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
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