Classic Series '72 Telecaster® Custom
Model #:
product-013750
Classic Tele® Custom Style
Adventurous guitarists started hot-rodding their Telecasters in the late '60s and early '70s with big-sounding humbucking neck pickups that lent new style and swagger to rock music. The Classic Series '72 Telecaster Custom brings it all back as an authentic evocation of its early-'70s ancestor, including the distinctive Fender Wide Range humbucking neck pickup, a large pickguard, cool skirted amp control knobs and more. A favorite of players from '70s rock to modern U.K. alt-rock and much more.Features
- Maple neck with “C” profile, “bullet” truss rod, three-bolt neck plate and Micro-Tilt™
- 7.25”-radius maple or pau ferro fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets
- Fender Wide Range humbucking neck pickup
- Single-coil Telecaster bridge pickup
- Three-way toggle pickup switch on upper shoulder
- Four skirted amp control knobs (volume and tone for each pickup)
- Vintage-style string-through-body Telecaster bridge with three chrome “barrel” saddles
Highlights
Wide Range Humbucking Pickup
The Modern Wide Range humbucking pickups on this guitar expertly evoke the look of the famous Fender pickup design of the early 1970s, as used on original-era Telecaster Thinline, Telecaster Custom and Telecaster Deluxe models.
Three-Saddle American Vintage Telecaster Bridge
With authentic design and performance that evokes the Telecasters of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, this model features an American Vintage telecaster bridge with three saddles.
’70s-Style "F" Tuners
This specialized ’72 Telecaster model features the nicely authentic touch of sealed tuners stamped with the stylized capital "F" from the classic Fender script logo.
Specs
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Body
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Body ShapeTelecaster®
Neck
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Neck MaterialMaple
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Neck Shape"C" Shape
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Scale Length25.5" (648 mm)
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Fingerboard Radius7.25" (184.1 mm)
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Number of Frets21
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Fret SizeVintage Style
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Nut MaterialSynthetic Bone
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Nut Width1.650" (42 mm)
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Truss RodBullet Style
Electronics
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Bridge PickupStandard Single-Coil Tele®
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Neck PickupFender® "Wide Range" Humbucking
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ControlsMaster Volume, Master Tone
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Switching3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
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ConfigurationSH
Hardware
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Bridge3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Chrome Barrel Saddles
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Tuning MachinesFender® Vintage "F" Stamped
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Neck Plate3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™
Miscellaneous
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StringsFender® USA 250L, NPS (.009-.042 Gauges)
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Other Features3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™; Adjustment, "Bullet" Truss Rod Nut, Black Dot Position Inlays, Synthetic Bone Nut
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Legal NoticeWARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Accessories
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Case/Gig BagDeluxe Gig Bag
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Included AccessoriesDeluxe Gig Bag
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