Fender '72 Tele Custom Electric Guitar
'72 Telecaster Custom 1972 was a magical year for the Telecasterguitar. With several new designs, the Telecaster guitar was available with more options than ever before. The 72 Tele Custom features an alder or ash body (depending on finish), "C"-shape maple neck, Bullet truss rod, '70s vintage hardtail strings-through Strat bridge, three-bolt neckplate, one "Wide Range" humbucking neck pickup and a traditional single-coil bridge pickup. MODEL NAME 72 Telecaster Custom MODEL NUMBER 013-7500-(Color#) and 013-7502-(Color#) SERIES Classic Series BODY Alder NECK Maple, U Shape, (Gloss Polyurethane Finish) MACHINE HEADS Fender/Schaller Vintage F Style Tuning Machines FINGERBOARD Rosewood (p/n 013-7500), 7.25 Radius (184 mm) NO. OF FRETS 21 Vintage Style Frets PICKUPS 1 Fender Wide Range Humbucker (Neck), 1 Tele Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge) CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) BRIDGE Vintage Style 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups Position 3. Neck Pickup HARDWARE Chrome STRINGS Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-003 CASE Deluxe Gig Bag PICKGUARD 3-Ply Black SCALE LENGTH 25.5 (648 mm) UNIQUE FEATURES Lightly Tinted U Shaped Maple Neck , Top Hat Switch Tip, 3-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt Adjustment, Bullet Truss Rod Nut WIDTH AT NUT 1.650 (42 mm) ACCESSORIES Deluxe Gig Bag INTRODUCED 4/1999