75th Anniversary American Professional Custom Telecaster
All the Vitals
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS ON THE WIRE
BODY
■ Alder body with flame maple top
■ Double-bound body
■ Gloss urethane finish
■ 2-Color Sunburst
NECK
■ Maple neck
■ Deep“ C” profile
■ Satin urethane back, gloss headstock face
■ 25.5” scale length
■ 4-bolt construction
FINGERBOARD
■ Maple
■ 9.5” radius( 241 mm)
■ 22 Medium Jumbo frets
■ Black dot inlays
NUT
■ Bone
■ 1.685”( 42.8 mm) width
ELECTRONICS
■ Two 75th Anniversary V-Mod II Telecaster single-coils
■ Master Volume
■ Master Tone
■ Push-Push Tone Control activates Series Mode
■ Treble bleed circuit
Bridge & Hardware
■ Top-load / string-through-body Telecaster bridge
■ Compensated brass barrel saddles
■ Gold hardware
■ Deluxe locking tuners
Case
■ Deluxe molded hardshell case included
Notable Features
■ Flame maple top
■ Double binding
■ Deep“ C” neck profile with rolled fingerboard edges
■ Series-wiring option via push-push tone control
■ Limited-edition 75th Anniversary model( Fender) introduced a new way of thinking about the electric guitar. Every component existed for a reason, every manufacturing step served a purpose, and nothing remained simply because tradition had placed it there.
Keep in mind that when the Telecaster entered production, the Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, and Jazz Bass still lay years in the future, not even a gleam in Leo Fender’ s eye. Much of Fender’ s electric instrument lineage would grow from ideas first proven on the Telecaster platform.
The remarkable part is how much of that original thinking survived. The Telecaster accumulated seventy-five years of revisions, arguments, experiments, and refinements, and yet the architecture remained largely intact. Some of the most revealing stories involve the ideas that almost made it into production.
At the 1949 NAMM show in New York, Leo argued for eliminating the truss rod altogether. Hard maple seemed stable enough in Southern California, and removing the rod would reduce cost and simplify production.( In that respect, Leo shared more with the later CBS-era emphasis
Street Price( Launch): $ 2,799 Production: Limited 75th Anniversary Edition Years Celebrated: 1951 – 2026
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