It’s not easy to improve on the Telecaster, and yet Fender seems to do it time and time again. This Fender American Performer Telecaster is equipped with dual Yosemite single-coil pickups, one at the bridge with wax potting and one at the neck with shellac coating, both featuring flat-staggered pole pieces and Greasebucket circuitry for rich, dynamic tone with hot output and minimal feedback. The solid maple neck is carved to a “Modern C” profile and the 9.5-radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets offers excellent playability and easy bending whether you’re chicken pickin’ or just strumming one out.
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: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss
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: Black Dots
Truss Rods: Standard
Truss Rod Wrench: 1/8″ Hex (Allen)
Bridge Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Telecaster
Neck Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Telecaster
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickups, Position 3. Middle Pickup
Pickup Configuration: SS
Bridge: 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Fender ClassicGear™
Pickguard: 1-Ply White
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
Case: Gig bag