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Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline - Natural

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Ash Body and F-hole, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, and 2 Noiseless N3 Pickups - Natural
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The Thinline Tele for the Modern Guitarist

The Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline will rock your socks off. It sports a compound-radius fingerboard that's perfect for both rhythm and lead, plus a contoured heel that gives you great access to the upper frets. Its lightweight ash body is comfortable and sports an F-hole for added resonance. You get premium appointments throughout, including staggered locking tuners for tuning stability you'll appreciate. A duo of N3 Noiseless pickups gives you those Tele tones you crave - without the noise. Sweetwater's got your recipe for ultimate Tele mojo: the Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline!

Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline at a Glance:
  • N3 Noiseless pickups deliver classic Tele tone
  • Fender's S-1 circuit gives you sonic options
  • Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism lets you achieve perfect action
N3 Noiseless pickups deliver classic Tele tone

Fender's N3 Noiseless Tele pickups give the American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline guitar the classic spank and twang of traditional single-coil pickups without the dreaded 60-cycle hum. Built with a stacked set of Alnico V magnets, N3 Noiseless pickups provide you with the same level of noise cancelation you'd expect out of humbuckers. But thanks to Fender's cutting-edge design, N3 Noiseless pickups also hit your amp with the classic Tele tones most 'buckers can't seem to muster.

Fender's S-1 circuit gives you sonic options

The Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline packs a wide range of tone thanks to its S-1 switch. In the middle pickup position, this allows you to switch between series and parallel pickup wirings. Normally, Teles are wired in parallel, but the series setting gives you a fatter, rounder tone that's like a humbucker with the added bite of a single-coil pickup.

Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism lets you achieve perfect action

In the 1970s, Fender offered guitarists a cool innovation: the Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism. Integrated into their 3-bolt neck attachment plate, the Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism let players attain the lowest action in situations where the bridge saddles were already at their lowest settings. With a quick adjustment of the Micro-Tilt, you could pitch the neck back without resorting to the crude (and inexact) practice of placing a shim in the neck pocket underneath the butt end of the neck. Back then, the only issue was the relative instability of the '70s-era 3-bolt neck plate. Well, the American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline has the answer - a 4-bolt neck plate with a Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism. The best of both worlds!

Fender American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline Features:
  • A modern take on the classic Telecaster Thinline
  • Ash body has the right balance of rich sustain and snappy note attack
  • Body chamber with F-hole adds just the right amount of resonance and warmth
  • Compound-radius fingerboard (9.5"-14") is optimized for both rhythm and lead playing
  • N3 Noiseless pickups give you iconic Tele tone without hum and buzz
  • S-1 switch lets you switch between series and parallel pickup configs for more tonal options
  • 4-bolt neck plate with a Micro-Tilt adjustment mechanism
  • Hardshell case included

Nothing rocks like a Fender Telecaster Thinline!
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