Description

Player’s Perspective

The 1970s Telecaster Deluxe has been a cult classic among guitarists, especially in the indie and alternative rock spheres, and Fender has brought it back in 2022 in its purest form. Equipped with a classic black-on-black color scheme and a maple neck with a CBS Stratocaster-shaped headstock, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe is the iconic axe back with a vengeance. 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.

On this Tele, Fender brought back authentic CuNiFe magnet Wide Range humbucker pickups in the past couple of years after not producing them for decades, and their unique tone definitely comes through in this guitar – they sit right between a PAF humbucker and a single-coil and sound great both clean and distorted. Nothing really sounds quite like they do.

For a unique yet classic take on the Telecaster that also fulfills humbucker guitar duties, this AVRI II 1975 Deluxe is definitely worth plugging in.

Item Specifics

Initially introduced in 1972 and billed as the top model in the Telecaster® family, The Telecaster Deluxe holds the distinction of being Fender’s first solid-body Telecaster with two humbucking pickups. Like the original, the American Vintage II 1975 Telecaster Deluxe sports a large Stratocaster®-style headstock, a ’75 “C”-shape maple neck, a comfort-contoured belly cut, and pair of CuNiFe Wide Range humbucking pickups 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 1975, this Telecaster is outfitted with a convenient “Bullet” style truss rod nut, three-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt™ mechanism and offered in Black, Mocha Brown, or 3-Color Sunburst over an alder body. Other features include a 6-Saddle hardtail bridge with stainless steel block saddles and vintage-accurate Tele® Deluxe tuners.