Fender Limited Edition American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom Guitar, Belly Cut, Maple, Wine

Player's Perspective

As premier Fender dealers, we're stoked to present this limited-edition 1977 Telecaster Custom reissue in a gorgeous Wine red finish from the new American Vintage II line! The new American Vintage II series brings back the original "American Vintage Reissue (AVRI)" of old with improved upon pickup design, more accurate neck shapes, and other period-correct specs. A lot of us here at the shop grew up lusting after those guitars and we're glad to finally get these into our hands years later.

The 1970s Telecaster Custom has become loved as a fresh take on the Tele, offering individual volume and tone controls for each pickup, a 3-way toggle switch, and a classy elongated 3-ply pickguard along with a Wide Range neck humbucker pickup. This special reissue brings it back with a vengeance along with a contoured body featuring a belly cut that makes it more ergonomically friendly for the modern player.

Along with feeling just plain better to hold and play, this guitar also sounds absolutely killer in the tonal department. Along with the excellent Pure Vintage '77 Tele bridge pickup that has all the twang and punch you need from a Tele, Fender brought back authentic CuNiFe magnet Wide Range humbuckers in the past couple of years after not producing them for decades and put one in the neck position of this model. Its unique voicing definitely comes through in this guitar - it sits right between a PAF humbucker and a single-coil and sounds great both clean and distorted. Nothing really sounds quite like they do.

For a classic, yet unique take on the Telecaster, this limited-edition AVRI II 1977 Custom is definitely worth giving a shot - better act quickly though, these won't last long!

Item Specifics

The Limited Edition American Vintage II 1977 Telecaster Custom sports a '77 "C"-shape maple neck, a comfort-contoured belly cut, and a refreshed pickup configuration of a Pure Vintage '77 single-coil bridge and CuNiFe Wide Range neck mounted to an elongated pickguard with dual volume and tone controls and a 3-way toggle located on the upper bout. Also characteristic of production in 1977, this Telecaster is outfitted with a convenient "Bullet" style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism and offered in Wine over an alder body. Other features include a 6-Saddle hardtail bridge with stainless steel barrel saddles and vintage-accurate Tele® Custom tuners.