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Fender Releases New American Vintage Series Guitars

The models include the ’69 Telecaster Thinline, ’72 Telecaster Thinline, and ’72 Telecaster Custom.

Scottsdale, AZ (July 13, 2011) -- The newest Telecaster guitar models in Fender’s acclaimed American Vintage series are fully equipped with features redesigned and re-voiced to produce classic 1960s and 1970s tones.





The American Vintage ’69 Telecaster Thinline is equipped with a semi-hollow mahogany body with f hole and gloss lacquer finish; C-shape maple neck with gloss lacquer finish; maple fingerboard; American Vintage Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-position switching, vintage-style three-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge, “top hat” pickup switch tip and vintage-style “F” tuners.





The American Vintage ’72 Telecaster Thinline authentically evokes a historic tone characteristic to its time. It includes period-correct details such as a semi-hollow ash body with f hole; maple fingerboard; Fender Wide Range humbucking neck and bridge pickups, vintage-style Stratocaster strings-through-body hardtail bridge, a three-bolt neck plate with Micro-TiltTM adjustment, bullet truss rod nut and vintage-style “F” tuners.





The American Vintage ’72 Telecaster Custom includes a solid ash body with gloss lacquer finish; C-shaped maple neck with gloss lacquer finish; maple fingerboard; American Vintage single-coil telecaster bridge pickup, three-position switch with aged white tip, and a vintage-style three-saddle strings-through-body telecaster bridge.



The Fender American Vintage series guitars are available at authorized Fender dealers.



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Source: Press Release