New Fender American Vintage Models

The new American Vintage Series guitars feature thick and slim necks with profiles and edges re-sculpted to reflect greater period-correct authenticity, according to the company, with both maple and rosewood fingerboards, vintage-style frets and bone nuts; all-new vintage-style pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound to reflect specific model years, and specific periods within specific model years; retooled pickguards, parts and hardware designed to reflect specific model years (and again, even specific periods within specific model years), and standard and custom-color finishes re-formulated forn greater period-correct authenticity.

The new guitars are the American Vintage ’56, ’59 and ’65 Stratocaster models (’56 model also in left-handed version), American Vintage ’58 and ’64 Telecaster models (’64 model also in left-handed version), American Vintage ’65 Jazzmaster and American Vintage ’65 Jaguar. Also, the American Vintage ’52 Telecaster returns to the fold (in right- and left-handed versions).

The most distinctive features of each individual model are listed below:

American Vintage ’52 Telecaster (and left-handed model) 

• Ash body with slightly lighter Butterscotch Blonde finish and singe-ply black pickguard.
• Large maple neck with re-sculpted U-shaped profile and rolled edges.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound.
• “Barrel” switch tip and knurled chrome domed control knobs.
• Vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles.

American Vintage ’56 Stratocaster (and left-handed model)

• Alder body (ash on White Blonde finish model) with deep contours.
• Mid-’56 thick maple neck with soft “V” profile and rolled edges.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound.
• Single-ply white pickguard with eight holes.
• Vintage-accurate bridge saddles and tuner spacing.

American Vintage ’59 Stratocaster

• Early-1959 model in faded Three-color Sunburst, with slim-profile C-shaped maple neck and single-ply white pickguard with eight holes.
• Later 1959 model in faded Three-color Sunburst, Black and limited faded Sonic Blue, with slim-profile D-shaped maple neck, dark rosewood slab fingerboard and three-ply mint green pickguard with 10 holes and vintage-style edge bevels.
• Alder body.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound.
• Aged plastic knobs.
• Vintage-accurate bridge saddles and tuner spacing.

American Vintage ’65 Stratocaster

• Alder body in Three-color Sunburst, Olympic White and limited Dakota Red (left-handed model in Three-color Sunburst).
• Thick C-shaped maple neck with round-laminated dark rosewood fingerboard and larger pearl dot inlays.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound.
• Three-ply white pickguard with 11 holes.
• Aged plastic knobs.
• Vintage-accurate bridge saddles and tuner spacing.

American Vintage ’58 Telecaster

• Ash body with single-ply white pickguard.
• Early-1958 large maple neck with “D”-shaped profile.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with early-1958 staggered bridge pickup pole magnets.
• Solid steel “barrel” bridge saddles.
• “Top-hat” switch tip and flat-top knurled aluminum chrome control knobs.

American Vintage ’64 Telecaster (and left-handed model)

• Alder body (ash on White Blonde model) with three-ply white pickguard with eight holes.
• Slimmer, more rounded maple neck with “C”-shaped profile and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with staggered bridge pickup pole magnets.
• Threaded steel “barrel” bridge saddles.
• “Top-hat” switch tip and flat-top knurled chrome control knobs.

American Vintage ’65 Jazzmaster

• Bound round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays.
• White “witch hat” control knobs.
• Three-color Sunburst and limited Aztec Gold finishes.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with classic dual-circuit wiring and controls.
• Vintage-style floating tremolo with lock button.

American Vintage ’65 Jaguar

• Bound round-laminated fingerboard and larger pearl dot inlays.
• Three-color Sunburst and limited Candy Apple Red finishes.
• Classic Jaguar shorter scale.
• New pickups wound to period-correct specs and sound, with classic dual-circuit wiring and controls.
• Vintage-style floating tremolo with lock button.

For more information: www.fender.com