Summary: Adventurous guitarists started hot-rodding their Telecasters in the late ’60s and early ’70s with big-sounding humbucking neck pickups that lent new style and swagger to rock music. The Classic Series ’72 Telecaster Custom brings it all back as an authentic evocation of its early-’70s ancestor, including the distinctive Fender Wide Range humbucking neck pickup, a large pickguard, and skirted amp control knobs.

Body: Alder with a gloss Orange Sparkle finish.

Neck: Maple with a Maple fingerboard, 25.5 scale length, 1.650 nut width, 21 frets, black dot inlays, C shape.

Pickups/Hardware: Fender Wide Range humbucker (neck position), Fender single coil pickup (bridge position), Skirted Black Plastic knobs with Numbered Indicators, synthetic bone nut, 2x volume/2x tone controls/3-way pickup selector, F logo Fender tuning keys.

Cosmetics: This guitar is in excellent condition and shows very little signs of use besides some wear on the pickguard. The high “E” string will start to choke out a bit above the 12th fret.

Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The action on this guitar is set a little higher to reduce buzzing and choking out above the 12 fret. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use.

Weight: 7.755 lbs.

Case: This guitar ships without a case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.