Fender Announces New Classic Teles

'72 Telecaster Custom

'72 Telecaster Thinline

July 24, 1999 -- Whether you are a vintage guitar enthusiast, a working musician, or someone who simply wants the look, feel and sound of a classic Fender guitar, look no further. Fender is proud to introduce the '72 Telecaster Custom® and the '72 Telecaster Thinline® the two latest additions to Fender's Classic Series guitar family.

Originally built by Fender dining one of its "darker" eras of production, the first '72 Telecaster Customs and '72 Telecaster Thinlines never quite realized their true potential. Now, Fender has dusted off these classic designs and is ready to produce them again. But this time around, the essence of what they were originally intended to be has been combined with modem manufacturing techniques and quality control, resulting in two exceptionally great sounding and well made guitars.

Recalling a sound that that was popularized by Keith Richards' '72 Tele®, the '72 Telecaster Custom and '72 Telecaster Thinline will join last year's '69 Telecaster Thinline as the newest members of the Classic Telecaster revival. To insure their predecessor's integrity and spirit, these new Teles will be produced at Fender's own state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

'72 Telecaster Custom

The purity of the original '72 Telecaster Custom is skillfully replicated, with some fine tuning. Features include a poplar or alder body (depending on color), "U" shape maple neck with 3-bolt Mcro-Tilt(TM) adjustment, 7.25" radius, 21 vintage frets, bullet truss rod, Schaller vintage "F" machine heads, one Fender "Wide-Range" humbucking pickup in the neck position, one single coil Tele® pickup in the bridge position, 3-way toggle switch, two volume and tone controls, a black/white/black pickguard, vintage 3-saddle bridge, Fender Super 25OR strings and a deluxe Fender gig bag. Color options include: 3-color Sunburst (alder) and Black (poplar). U.S. MSRP is $749.99.

'72 Telecaster Thinline

The semi-hollow ash body with f-hole is an unmistakable feature that defines the Telecaster Thinlines. This '72 Telecaster Thinline is no different, with additional features including: "U" shape maple neck with 3-bolt Micro-Tilt(TM) adjustment, 7.25" radius, 21 vintage frets, bullet truss rod, Schaller "F" machine heads, two Fender "WideRange" humbucking pickups, 3-way switching, a white shell pickguard, 6-saddle hard tail Strat(R) bridge, Fender Super 25OR strings and a deluxe Fender gig bag. Color options include: 3-Color Sunburst or Natural. US MSRP is $899.99.

For more information, visit Fender's web site at www.fender.com.