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Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar - Black

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Black
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Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar - Black
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A Reimagining of 1975’s Top-model Tele

The Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe is a spot-on re-creation of what was considered, at least in the mid-1970s, the company’s top-model Tele. The ’75 Tele Deluxe is built around a balanced-sounding solid alder body, while its authentic CuNiFe magnets serve up thick humbucker tones with the perfect amount of high-end bite. You’ll revel in the effortless playability of this guitar’s C-shaped, 1-piece maple neck and 9.5-inch-radius maple fingerboard. The American Vintage II 1975 Tele Deluxe is brimming with period-correct appointments, including skirted plastic knobs, a 6-saddle hardtail bridge with bent steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, a 3-bolt neck plate, and a Stratocaster-style headstock. A head-turning gloss polyurethane finish rounds out the ’75 Tele Deluxe’s stunning appointments. To own an American Vintage II ’75 Tele Deluxe is to own an important piece of Fender history. Any Tele aficionado hankering for a humbucker-equipped model will be eminently pleased by the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe — it’s one of those solidbody electric guitars you’ll own for a lifetime.

Loads of period-accurate appointments

The American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe is a spot-on re-creation of a Fender classic. This electric guitar features a solid alder body. This lightweight wood offers an incredibly balanced acoustic tone, yielding uniform quantities of lows, mids, and highs, and boasts a gorgeous gloss polyurethane finish. The 1975 Tele Deluxe features nickel/chrome hardware, including a 6-saddle string-through body hardtail bridge with stainless steel block saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, and a 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt. You also get a Strat-style headstock and skirted plastic control knobs with numbered indicators. Authentic CuNiFe Wide Range humbucking pickups, a period-correct neck shape, and a 9.5-inch-radius fingerboard complete the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe’s classic appointments.

Seth Lover–designed Wide Range humbuckers

When you plug the Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe into your favorite amplifier, you’ll be transported straight back to ’75. Originally designed by pickup guru Seth Lover, this solidbody electric guitar’s Wide Range humbucking pickups feature large bobbins and threaded CuNiFe-rod magnets, which had been out of production since 1981. These magnets are vital to achieving a period-accurate sound, one that can be best described as an amalgam of humbucker girth and signature Fender chime with distinctive hi-fi character. These pickups also include a chrome cover with a “3 3” exposed pole-piece design and an attention-grabbing Fender logo. The American Vintage II 1975 Tele Deluxe comes complete with independent Volume and Tone knobs for each pickup, plus a 3-position pickup toggle switch.

Effortlessly playable neck

When we first picked up the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe here at Sweetwater, we were blown away by its effortless playability. The ’75 Tele Deluxe’s C-shaped 1-piece maple neck boasts Goldilocks dimensions — not too big, not too small — for an eminently comfortable playing experience. You also get a maple fingerboard with a vintage 9.5-inch radius and 21 medium-jumbo frets, plus a bullet-style truss rod. The neck features a vintage tint and is finished with slick-looking gloss polyurethane.

Fender American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe Features:

  • A spot-on re-creation of a 1975 Telecaster Deluxe
  • Solid alder body offers an incredibly balanced acoustic tone
  • Wide Range humbucking pickups with authentic CuNiFe magnets
  • Skirted plastic control knobs with numbered indicators; 3-position pickup toggle switch
  • C-shaped maple neck offers an eminently comfortable playing experience
  • Maple fingerboard with a vintage, 9.5-in. radius and 21 medium-jumbo frets; bullet-style truss rod
  • 6-saddle, string-through-body hardtail bridge with bent steel saddles; vintage-style tuning machines; 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt
  • Eye-catching gloss polyurethane finish on the body and neck

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Telecaster
  • Body Material Alder
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 1-piece Maple
  • Neck Shape 1975 C
  • Neck Joint 3-way Bolt-on
  • Radius 9.5"
  • Fingerboard Material Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
  • Number of Frets 21, Medium Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.650"
  • Nut Material Bone
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Pure Vintage 6-saddle String-through Body Hardtail with Stainless Steel Block Saddles
  • Tuners Pure Vintage Tele Deluxe
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Authentic CuNiFe Wide-range Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Authentic CuNiFe Wide-range Humbucker
  • Controls 2 x volume, 2 x tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Fender, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 0110332806

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Reviews

My personal time machine
A brand-new Telecaster Deluxe was my first "good" guitar purchase back in 1973.

That guitar and I were inseparable and I played the frets down to the fingerboard in just four years. Naively not knowing a neck could be refretted, I traded it for another guitar and have regretted the move ever since.

Over the decades, I have purchased two other vintage Tele Deluxes but neither could live up to the memory that first love.

Seeing Fender had finally fitted this model with CuNiFe magnet Wide Range Humbuckers, I took a chance and ordered one of the new American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxes.

I do not regret the purchase. This is the closest thing I've tried yet to my long-lost favorite electric guitar.
These Wide Range Humbuckers have the sweet midrange-forward sound with a decent amount of bite that I recalled.
The fit and the finish on the guitar are flawless.

I can strap on this guitar, plug it into an amp, turn off the light, and I am 15 years-young again. That experience is priceless.

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