Fender® 011-1000-800 American Vintage 64 Telecaster® - 3-Color Sunburst

The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars that bring Fender® history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender’s roots—expertly preserving an innovative U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender® not only knows where it’s going, but also remembers where it came from.

1964 was a monumental year for popular Music and a pivotal year for the Telecaster, too, as seen in the American Vintage ’64 Telecaster. The thicker maple necks of the ’50s and early ’60s now gave way to a more rounded C-shaped profile, this time topped with a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays. Other vintage-accurate touches include a lightweight alder body, staggered Bridge pickup pole magnets, threaded steel “barrel" bridge saddles, three-ply White pickguard with eight holes, top-hat Switch tip, flat-top knurled chrome control knobs and more.

Body: Alder

Neck Material: Maple

Neck Shape: Mid '60s "C" Shape

Fretboard: Round Laminated Rosewood

Number of Frets: 21

Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets

Fretboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)

Hardware: Chrome

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)

Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust

Pickup Configuration: S/S

Bridge Pickup: New American Vintage '64 Gray-Bottom Tele™ Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)

Neck Pickup: New American Vintage '64 Gray-Bottom Tele™ Single-Coil Pickup (Neck)

Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Bridge: Original Vintage Style Tele™ Bridge with 3 Solid Barrel Steel Saddles

String Nut: Bone

Tuning Machines: Single Line "Fender® Deluxe" Vintage Style

Switch Tip: "Top Hat" Style Switch Tip

Unique Features: Slimmer, more rounded maple neck with "C"-shaped profile and round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays; All-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

Pickguards: 3-Ply White with Vintage Bevel

Control Knobs: New Knurled Chrome Round Dome