Put a humbucking pickup on a Tele and you’re smokin’, but load it up with a single-coil Yosemite pickup and a DoubleTap humbucking pickup with single-coil mode and no volume loss and you’re on fire. Fender’s American Performer Telecaster Hum pairs this unique patent-applied-for humbucker and pickup set with Greasebucket circuitry for rich, dynamic tone with incredible control, as well as a solid maple neck carved to a “Modern C” profile with a 22-fret, 9.5-radius fingerboard for excellent playability and easy bending.
About Fender American Performer 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.
The Fender American Performer Series makes American-made quality accessible to every player. Six new models, handcrafted in Corona, California, highlight the traditional design of Fender’s most celebrated guitars, while adding new innovations and modern components to enhance tone, performance, and feel.
Body: Ash
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane
Neck Shape: Modern “C”
Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Frets Size: Jumbo
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dots
Truss Rods: Standard
Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8″ Hex (Allen)
Bridge Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Telecaster
Neck Pickup: American Performer DoubleTap™ Humbucking
Controls: Master Volume, Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit (Rolls off High Without Adding Bass)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: HS
Bridge: 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender ClassicGear™
Pickguard: Black Phenolic
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
Case: Deluxe Gig bag