Fender's American Vintage '58 Tele!

The FENDER^® American Vintage '58 Telecaster^® takes you back to a time when the iconic solidbody electric guitar was transitioning from its original chunky U-profile neck to a still-robust - but more comfy - D-shape maple neck. There were other changes as well - and the American Vintage '58 Tele^®, nails 'em all. Lightweight ash body, staggered bridge pickup pole magnets, solid steel barrel bridge saddles, single-ply white pickguard, flat-top chrome knobs - you get it all, along with buttery playability and classic twang. If '50s Teles are your thing, Sweetwater's got your axe: Fender's American Vintage '58 Telecaster^®.

Fender American Vintage '58 Telecaster Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:

• Meticulous vintage accuracy graces this guitar
  
• Beauty, tone, and playability are in the details
  
• The magic of Fender's American Vintage series

Panstaking vintage accuracy graces this guitar
For the American Vintage '58 Telecaster^®, Fender tracked down several of the original '58s and exhaustively analyzed them to ensure a painstaking level of vintage accuracy. Every facet of the original instruments - including minute details such as curves, perimeters, radii and more - was examined, measured, evaluated, and ultimately incorporated into the American Vintage '58 Tele^®. What you see in this remarkable guitar is more than the sum of its parts. It's a highly playable, eminently musical-sounding recreation of an iconic instrument that changed music forever.

Beauty, tone, and playability
With Fender's American Vintage '58 Telecaster, there's genius in the details. This remarkable guitar's beauty, tone, and playability are no accident. It starts with the classic ash body, the simple single-ply white pickguard and a thin Fender Flash Coat nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Then, there's the oh-so-perfect D-profile maple neck with rolled fingerboard edges and 21 vintage-style frets, staggered bridge pickup pole magnets, solid steel barrel-style bridge saddles, the top-hat switch tip, flat-top, knurled aluminum chrome-plated control knobs, and more. If you're a fan of late-'50s Teles, the Fender American Vintage '58 Telecaster is one drool-worthy axe.

The magic of Fender's American Vintage series
Since its introduction in the early 1980s, Fender's American Vintage series has been the go-to source for the last word on original-era model year guitars. With today's American Vintage guitars, Fender has gone back to the drawing board with new features, new specs and the most fanatical level of vintage accuracy yet. They've restored original tooling dies, voiced new pickups, reformulated vintage colors, and more - based on actual vintage guitars. From its flawless vintage looks, to its impeccable tone and playing feel, there's pure magic in the Fender American Vintage '58 Telecaster!

Fender American Vintage '58 Telecaster Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

• Exceptionally playable D-profile maple neck
  
• American Vintage '58 single-coil pickups
  
• Solid steel barrel-style bridge saddles
  
• Includes Vintage '58 Tele^® strap, cable, cloth, vintage wiring kit, bridge cover, saddle height wrench
  
• Deluxe Vintage Brown case, owner's manual, '50s Tele information kit included

Tone, playability, and looks come together in the Fender American Vintage '58 Telecaster!

Specification Detail Body Type Telecaster Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Material Ash Top Material Not Applicable Body Finish Fender Flash Coat nitrocellulose lacquer Color White Blonde Neck Material Maple Neck Shape D Scale Length 25.5" Fingerboard Material Maple, 7.25" radius Fingerboard Inlay Black dots Number of Frets 21 vintage-style Nut Width 1.650" Bridge/Tailpiece String-through hardtail with 3 solid barrel steel saddles Tuners Single-line "Fender Deluxe" vintage-style Number of Pickups 2 Neck Pickup American Vintage '58 Tele neck single-coil Middle Pickup No Middle Pickup Bridge Pickup American Vintage '58 Tele bridge single-coil Controls Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-way pickup selector Case Included Hardshell Manufacturer Part Number 0110302801

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