Fender introduces the American Special Series Telecaster. Everything you want in an affordable U.S.-made guitar is within your reach.

Features include an alder body with gloss urethane finish, 9.5-radius maple neck, jumbo frets, Texas Special pickups, and vintage-style three-brass-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge. The American Special Serie guitars for the times.

The look, sound and vibe of the Telecaster resonate throughout the history and soundscapes of popular music. From orchestra pits to mosh pits; small clubs to stadiums and garages to recording studios, its signature sound is everywhere.

The new American Standard Telecaster still has the hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for playability, tone and stability, and now includes great new features including:

* A new bridge with improved bent-steel saddles mounted to a stamped-brass bridge plate for increased resonance and sustain.
* A new neck treatment—tinted for a richer presentation, with the maple or rosewood fingerboard buffed to a high gloss. The back of the neck still has that silky, comfortable satin finish.
* A thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance.
* A new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case.

The look, sound and vibe of the Telecaster resonate throughout the history and soundscapes of popular music. From orchestra pits to mosh pits; small clubs to stadiums and garages to recording studios, its signature sound is everywhere.

The new American Standard Telecaster still has the hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for playability, tone and stability, and now includes great new features including:

* A new bridge with improved bent-steel saddles mounted to a stamped-brass bridge plate for increased resonance and sustain.
* A new neck treatment—tinted for a richer presentation, with the maple or rosewood fingerboard buffed to a high gloss. The back of the neck still has that silky, comfortable satin finish.
* A thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance.
* A new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case.

Plenty of modern features for big sounds! The Jim Root Telecaster (designed for the Slipknot/Stone Sour guitarist) will go to 11! Special features include a mahogany body, 12"-radius fingerboard, EMG® pickups, 22 Dunlop 6100 jumbo frets, black locking tuners and hardware, and a single volume knob. Available in a flat black finish with a maple neck and fingerboard with a white pickguard or in flat white with a maple neck, ebony fingerboard and a black pickgaurd. Includes black tweed hardshell case with red interior.

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 Deluxe 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, '70s Strat headstock, two Wide Range humbucking pickups, traditional three-way switching and four skirted amp knobs. This model is in black and is supplied with gig bag.



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Two Telecasters in one! The new Classic Player Telecaster Thinline Deluxe combines the best of the ’72 Fender Telecaster Thinline and Telecaster Deluxe models. Features include a semi-hollow ash body, four-bolt neck, 9.5 fingerboard radius, two Wide Range humbucking pickups, three-position toggle switch, bullet truss rod, four independent controls and skirted amp knobs.

Few guitars shaped more styles of music in the ’50s and ’60s than the Telecaster guitar. From James Burton to the Beatles, the Telecaster was at the heart of popular music. And we still make them like we used to, with two single-coil Alnico pickups, vintage bridges and knurled chrome knobs. The ’60s Telecaster features an alder body, a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, and a three-ply mint green pickguard.

The sounds that create legends! Since its introduction in the early ’50s, the Fender Telecaster guitar has been relied on by professional guitarists of all musical genres for its powerful tone and smooth playability. The left-handed Standard Telecaster incorporates the best of the old and new, offering hotter single-coil pickups, shielded body cavities, medium jumbo frets, cast/sealed machine heads and six-saddle strings-through-body bridge. New features include a tinted neck, parchment pickguard and control knobs, and a ’70s-style logo. The Standard Telecaster—plug one in and listen for yourself! Standard gig bag included.