This Fender American Original ’50s Telecaster features a CME Exclusive “Thin Lacquer” Blackguard Blonde finish and Roasted Maple Neck!
Often imitated but never duplicated, the Telecaster is the original and Fender keeps this legacy rolling with the American Original ‘50s Telecaster, a nod to the first production models, featuring vintage-correct hardware, a thick “U” neck shape, and Pure Vintage ’52 pickups as well as an updated fingerboard radius and advanced switching for a modern playing experience.
About Fender American Original Series:
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender’s Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world’s first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world’s leading guitar manufacturer.
Picking up where the celebrated American Vintage Series left off, the Fender American Original Series features re-imagined, “best-of-the-decade” versions of some of the most legendary model years of the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, and Jazz and Precision basses, updated for modern playability.
Body Material: Ash
Body Finish: Thin Lacquer
Neck: Roasted Maple, 1952 “U”
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5” (241 mm)
Frets: 21, Vintage Tall
Position Inlays: Black Dots
Nut (Material/Width): Bone, 1.650” (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Pickups: Pure Vintage ‘52 Single-Coil Tele (Bridge/Neck)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Single Line “Fender Deluxe”
Bridge: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Barrel Saddles
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Hardshell