Fender American Vintage '72 Telecaster Custom

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By the end of the '60s and beginning of the '70s, modifying a Telecaster's neck pickup cavity to fit a humbucker had become a sort of common mod. In 1972 a new Tele featured this right from the factory, the Tele Custom. 

The fact of using two pickups so different from each other does offer a big range of tone possibilities, making it easy to cover a huge amount of styles that go from country, jazz (yup, the neck pickup does its thing) and blues to modern hard rock. 

But the fun of featuring two pickups like these is not so much in using them separately as it is in combining them. It wouldn't be an easy task if it wasn't for the independent tone/volume controls for each pickup, though. When combined, the nice single coil's bite plays along with the warmth of the humbucker, giving you a lot of depth.

Great twang and rich tone, ash body, beautiful 3-tone sunburst and a super cool 70's look define this great average-weight guitar, which includes an elegant G&G vintage-style hardcase. The ashtray cover loos amazing over the bridge, despite not being too comfortable to play with.

In practically new condition, here is another guitar that was played for a while and the unexplainibly sentenced to the dark corner under the bed from then on... until it got to us. The pickguard protective plastic is still on! Don't let this chance get away, these are hard to get since they've been out of production (only Mexico and Custom Shop versions available today). 

Details:

Model: American Vintage '72 Telecaster Custom
Series: American Vintage
Year: 2011
Body: Ash
Weight: 7 lbs 14.6 oz
Neck: Maple, “C” shape
Fretboard: Rosewood
Radius: 7.25"
Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets
Scale length: 25.5"(648mm)
Width at nut: 1.650"(42mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine Heads: Skirted Amp
Bridge: Vintage Style Tele Bridge with 3 steel saddles and "ash tray" bridge cover
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Pickups: American Vintage Tele Single-Coil Bridge Pickup (Bridge), Fender "Wide Range" Humbucking Neck Pickup (Neck)
Switching: 3-way selector
Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone
Color: 3-Tone Sunburst
Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Accessories: Deluxe Black Hardshell G&G Case (black interior), accessories bag, vintage strap, case candy