Fender 72 Maple Neck Telecaster Electic Guitar Black

Product Info

1972 was a magical year for the Telecaster^® guitar, which was then available in several new designs and with more options than ever before.

The ’72 Telecaster Custom features many of those options, including an alder or ash body (depending on finish), a C-shaped maple neck, bullet truss rod, ’70s vintage hardtail strings-through Strat^® bridge, three-bolt neckplate, a Wide Range humbucking pickup at the neck and a traditional single-coil pickup at the bridge.

Key features and specifications

Model Name: ‘72 Telecaster® Custom
Series: Classic Series
Colour: Black (Polyester Finish)
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, “U” Shape (Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood (p/n 013-7500) or Maple (p/n 013-7502), 7.25” Radius (184mm)
No. of Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets
Pickups: 1 Fender® “Wide Range” Humbucking Pickup (Neck), 1 Tele® Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Bridge: Vintage Style 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge
Machine Heads: Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
Unique Features: Lightly Tinted “U” Shaped Maple Neck, “Top Hat” Switch Tip, 3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt™ Adjustment, “Bullet” Truss Rod Nut
Strings: Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel
Gauges: (.009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042)
Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag
Case: none
Introduced: 4/1999