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Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster LH Butterscotch Blonde American Vintage 52 Telecaster LH Butterscotch Blonde

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Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster LH Butterscotch Blonde American Vintage 52 Telecaster LH Butterscotch Blonde
Product no: 9000-0004-5859 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Even though original left-handed Fender guitars from the fifties are hard to come by, Fender offers you the chance to own the next best thing with the lefty editions of legendary classics. A perfect example is this '52 Telecaster Reissue from the 2012 American Vintage series. This model has been redesigned from top to bottom. Fender accurately copied the authentic specifications and details from several original vintage guitars. This makes this reissue of the 1952 more accurate than it ever was before. This left-handed Tele comes with a (also reissued) vintage-style tweed case and replica case candy. It truly is a vintage-correct reproduction!

Authentic styling of the American Vintage '52 Telecaster LH

This left-handed 2012 Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster features a first-class, beautifully grained ash body with an authentic light Butterscotch Blonde lacquer finish. The U-shaped neck is made of a single piece of maple and features rolled fretboard edges for extra comfortable playing. Both the body and the neck have received Fender's new Flash Coat finish, which consists of a thin nitrocellulose lacquer for improved tone and resonance. Its volute was adapted, and so was the spacing between the machine heads. Other vintage-accurate details include a barrel-style pickup-switch knob, a vintage-style bridge with three brass saddles and a Bakelite-style single-layer black pickguard with five-screw mounting. They even used the right type of dome-head slot screws.

Specially voiced pickups

This left-handed edition of the 2012 American Vintage '52 Telecaster is equipped with renewed pickups that were wound and voiced by the specifications and sound of several original ones. These pickups give this guitar its famous, clear Tele sound that is known and loved by many guitarists in genres that range from country to rock. To adjust the sound, the '52 Tele is equipped with a master volume and master tone control, and the latter one offers you the possibility to filter out the frequencies, creating a sound that is less bright. Lastly there's the three-way pickup switch that allows you to alternate between the biting sound of the bridge pickup, the warmer, twangy sound of the neck pickup or a combination of both.

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Please note: for illustration purposes only, there's a right-handed version of this guitar in the picture of the case and accessories.
Please note: this is the 2012 version that is fitted with several upgrades compared to the earlier American Vintage '52 Telecaster edition.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	21
Number of strings	6
Bridge type	fixed bridge
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	maple
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Colour	yellow
Country of origin	USA
Left-handed	yes
Body material	ash
Scale length	25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type	TE
Type of left-handed guitar	electric guitar

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	8,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	110,0 x 44,0 x 17,0 cm

Product specifications

left-handed electric solid-body guitar
colour: Butterscotch Blonde
finish: Fender Flash Coat, nitrocellulose lacquer
body: Premium Ash
neck: one-piece maple, bolt-on, thick U profile
position markers: black dots
fretboard radius: 7.25-inch (184.1mm)
frets: 21, vintage-style (low and narrow)
string nut: 42mm, bone
scale length: 25.5-inch (648mm)
tuners: Fender Deluxe single-line vintage-style
bridge: vintage Tele Hardtail with three adjustable brass saddles
hardware: chrome / nickel
pickups: 2x new Fender American Vintage '52 Tele single-coil
electronics: 1x master volume, 1x master tone, 3-way pickup switch
strings: Fender USA Super 250R, NPS .010 - .046

Includes:

vintage-style tweed case with orange plush interior
vintage-style leather guitar strap
vintage-style instrument cable
polishing cloth
chrome Ash Tray bridge cover
resistor + schematics for soldering a modern circuit
wrench for bridge saddle height adjustment
user manual

Details:

authentic reproduction of the 1952 Telecaster
hand-made in America according to original vintage specifications
new, specially voiced pickups
improved dimensions and curves of the body, neck and headstock
new hardware with improved accuracy
renewed neck profile and volute
rolled fretboard edges for extra comfort
full-nitrocellulose lacquer finish for improved tone and resonance
new vintage-correct case: thinner and lighter of weight
replica 'case candy' (original paperwork and accessories)
more accurate colour Butterscotch Blonde like the original
authentic dome-head slot screws (as opposed to Phillips)
long-lost barrel-type pickup switch knob
single-layer black pickguard with 5-hole mounting
vintage-style single-line Fender Deluxe machine heads
correctly spaced tuners so that the strings run straight down the string nut

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