The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.

The Telecaster® Custom marked one of Fender’s earliest forays into the use of humbucking pickups. The Tele® Custom featured a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout and dual volume and tone controls mounted to a stylish, elongated pickguard. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original.

This Tele features a Wide Range humbucking pickup in the neck position and a Pure Vintage '77 single-coil Tele® pickup in the bridge position. To create an authentic Wide-Range humbucking pickup, we resurrected CuNiFe magnets, which had been out of production since 1981, and are an essential element in recreating the sonics of the original. The American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom plays like a dream with a ‘77 “C”-shape hard rock maple neck with a 7.25” radius maple or rosewood fingerboard and vintage tall frets. Other features include a Tele bridge with 6 slotted steel barrel saddles, “F” stamped tuners, a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut and a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism. 

The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.

Specifications Neck Headstock: Large '70s Style Neck Material: Maple Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane Neck Shape: 1977 "C" Neck Construction: 3-Bolt Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm) Fingerboard Material: Maple Position Inlays: Black Dot Side Dots: Black Number of Frets: 21 Truss Rod: Bullet Style Truss Rod Nut: Bullet Style String Nut: Bone Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm) Nut Material: Bone Fret Size: Vintage Tall
Body Body: Alder Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane Body Shape: Telecaster® Body Material: Alder Hardware

Bridge: Pure Vintage 6-Saddle Tele® with Slotted Steel Barrel Saddles
Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
Bridge Mounting: 4-Screw Vintage-Style
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Pickup Covers: Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black
Control Knobs: Skirted Black Plastic with Numbered Indicators
Switch Tip: Aged White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Fender® “F” Stamped
String Trees: Dual-Wing
Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
Neck Plate: 3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™
Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style

Electronics Bridge Pickup: Pure Vintage '77 Single-Coil Tele® Neck Pickup: Authentic CuNiFe® Wide-Range Humbucking Pickup Configuration: HS Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup