Fender American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster Electric Guitar – Rosewood Fingerboard – Crimson Red Transparent

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.

By 1963, a new combination of tonewoods married the punch and focus of alder with the warmth added by a round-lam rosewood fingerboard, enhancing the signature Tele twang. Featuring Pure Vintage 63 Telecaster pickups, triple threaded-steel saddle bridge and a comfortable C-shape maple neck, the American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original. Characteristic of production in 1963, this Tele features clay dots (narrow-spaced at the 12th fret), a 7.25 radius fingerboard fingerboard and is offered in three colors: Crimson Red Transparent over mahogany and 3-Color Sunburst or Surf Green over alder.

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 Telecaster
• NECK MATERIAL Maple
• NECK FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• NECK SHAPE 1963 “C”
• NECK CONSTRUCTION 4-Bolt
• FINGERBOARD RADIUS 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Round-Laminated Rosewood
• POSITION INLAYS Clay Dot
• SIDE DOTS Vintage Clay
• NUMBER OF FRETS 21
• TRUSS ROD Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
• TRUSS ROD NUT Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
• STRING NUT Bone
• NUT WIDTH 1.650″ (42 mm)
• NUT MATERIAL Bone

Body

• BODY MATERIAL Mahogany
• BODY FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• BODY SHAPE Telecaster

Hardware

• BRIDGE Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
• BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
• BRIDGE MOUNTING 4-Screw Vintage-Style
• PICKGUARD 3-Ply Parchment
• PICKUP COVERS Neck: Chrome; Bridge: Black
• CONTROL KNOBS Knurled Flat-Top
• SWITCH TIP Top Hat Style, Black
• HARDWARE FINISH Nickel/Chrome
• TUNING MACHINES Pure Vintage Single Line “Fender Deluxe”
• STRING TREES Butterfly
• STRINGS Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
• NECK PLATE 4-Bolt Serialized
• STRAP BUTTONS Vintage-Style

Electronics

• BRIDGE PICKUP Pure Vintage ’63 Single-Coil Tele
• NECK PICKUP Pure Vintage ’63 Single-Coil Tele
• PICKUP CONFIGURATION SS
• CONTROLS Master Volume, Master Tone
• SWITCHING 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

FENDER AMERICAN VINTAGE II

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