Description
In 1950, Leo Fender permanently changed the musical landscape with the development of the Fender Telecaster guitar. This guitar, unlike any that came before it, featured two hot single coil pickups and a funky single-cutaway body - and audiences loved it. This Fender Vintera Road Worn '50s Telecaster celebrates Leo's remarkable achievement, and it comes equipped with many of the same specs and features as the first Teles ever made.
Like the original '50s Telecasters, the body of this Tele has been carefully cut from a balanced-sounding alder body. This gives it a strong, clear tone, with beefy mids, excellent lows, and some added high-end sizzle. It's also received a meticulously relic'd nitrocellulose lacquer finish, giving it the look and feel of a well-gigged guitar you might find tucked away in your parent's attic.
The neck on this guitar is pleasantly stout, courtesy of its thick '50s U-shaped neck profile. This gives it a substantial yet natural in-hand feel, and the mass of the neck provides your tone with a big boost in sustain. Fender didn't mess around with the hardware on this guitar, either. Fit with a vintage-style 3-barrel-saddle bridge and tuning machines, this guitar has no shortage of original-era aesthetics - and they provide an impressive amount of tuning stability and sustain.
If you're a classic Tele aficionado, then you'll feel right at home with the hot-wound single-coil pickups that come stock with this guitar. These pickups have a spot-on '50s era Tele tone, but with some modern upgrades. With their formvar-coated wire and Alnico II and III magnets in the neck and bridge respectively, these pickups are punchy and twangy, just like you'd expect from a 50's Tele.
Plug in this Fender Vintera Road Worn '50s Telecaster, and you'll feel like you've been transported right back to the golden era of rock and roll.
Specs:
Series: Vintera
Country Of Origin: MX
Color: Vintage Blonde
Body: Alder
Body Finish: Road Worn Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Road Worn Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Thick '50s "U"
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Vintage Tall
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Bridge Pickup: Vintage Style '50s Single-Coil Hot Tele
Neck Pickup: Vintage Style '50s Single-Coil Hot Tele
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge, Position 2. Bridge and Neck, Position 3. Neck
Pickup Configuration: SS
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Barrel Saddles
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
SKU: 0149872307
