Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Custom PF, Black

Full Description

Classic Alder & Maple Construction

The Fender Classic '72 Tele features a body crafted from lightweight alder, a tonewood Fender have used for their guitars since the 50s due to its incredibly balanced response and slight upper middle definition. The tonewood provides a decent amount of sustain, creating bright, sizzling highs, excellently rounded lows, and a big, beefy midrange. The Fender is fitted with a comfortable ‘C’ shaped maple neck to provide a seamless blend of hand control and movement speed. Coupled with the neck is a pau ferro fingerboard with 22 vintage style frets, breathing new life into every single note and offering incredible clarity across the whole of the fingerboard.

Fender ‘’Wide Range’’ Humbucker & Standard Tele Single-Coil

The Classic Series Tele is equipped with a humbucker and single-coil pickup, delivering an incredible versatile tone suitable for lead and rhythm work. The neck pickup is Fender’s ‘’wide range’’ humbucker, delivering an incredibly clear, wide dynamic range and a crunchy, fat set of tones. The standard single-coil Tele pickup is placed at the bridge and offers classic Fender sounds with plenty of cut to punch through the mix. Using both pickups together unleashes the Telecaster’s tonal capabilities, offering snappy leads, thick rhythms, and pure vintage fender sounds suitable for any situation.

String-Through Construction

The Fender incorporates a string-through-body construction, enhancing tonality and sustain by improving the transfer of vibrations and resonance from the strings to the body. The vintage style bridge features chrome barrel saddles to keep the strings stable, allowing the guitar to be played harder without it going out of tune.

Resonant Synthetic Bone Nut

Featuring a carefully fitted synthetic bone nut, the Classic '72 Tele delivers an increased resonance and a beautifully bright tonality. When compared to traditional plastic and Tusq materials used to construct guitar nuts, synthetic bone improves the vibration transfer between the string and tuning machines without dampening the tone.

The History of the Telecaster

The rich history of Fender guitars begins with the Telecaster. An indispensable instrument, the Telecaster was the world's first successful solid-body electric guitar. Perfected after two years of development - and a name change or two - the Telecaster debuted in February 1951 and began its steady ascent towards the stage and studio. Ingeniously engineered with the ability to be heard both loud and clear, it was a marvel of simple design elegance and workhorse functionality. It is perhaps a fitting testimony to its essential original rightness that the Telecaster design has hardly changed ever since.

Specifications

• Model Number: 0137503306
• Series: Classic

Body & Bridge

• Body: Alder
• Shape: Telecaster
• Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage String-Through Body Tele
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Finish: Black

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: ‘’C’’ Shape
• Scale Length: 25.5’’
• Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
• Radius: 7.25’’
• Frets: 21 Vintage-Style
• Inlays: White Dots
• Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650’’

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Standard Single-Coil Tele
• Neck Pickup: Fender ‘’Wide Range’’ Humbucker
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone
• Switching: 3-Position Toggle
  • Position 1: Bridge Pickup
  • Position 2: Bridge & Neck Pickups
  • Position 3: Neck Pickup
• Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage ‘’F’’ Stamped
• Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs
• Bridge Saddles: Chrome Barrel
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Neck Plate: 3-Bolt ‘’F’’ Stamped w/Micro-Tilt
• Truss Rod: Bullet Style
• Hardware: Chrome
• Strings: Fender USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Case Included: Deluxe Gig Bag