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Fender Vintera '70s Telecaster Deluxe Lake Placid Blue w/ Black Pickguard (CME Exclusive) Pre-Order


The Fender Vintera series captures core models at their historical peak, bringing the past back into the present with period-correct neck profiles, authentic vintage repro hardware, and revoiced pickups. We take it one step further with our Fender Vintera '70s Telecaster Deluxe, adding a CME Exclusive Lake Placid Blue finish and black pickguard to the medium jumbo frets, enlarged headstock, and dual Wide Range humbucking pickups for an authentic, vintage playing experience that's deluxe, indeed.

Body: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs
Fingerboard: Maple
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Position Inlays: Black Dots
Body Shape: Telecaster
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Slim C
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style
Bridge Pickup: Fender Wide Range Humbucking
Middle Pickup: Neck Pickup: Fender Wide Range Humbucking
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: HH
Bridge: String-through-body Hardtail Strat
Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage "F" Stamped
Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Gig Bag

https://reverb.com/item/35068256-fe...lue-w-black-pickguard-cme-exclusive-pre-order
 
I prefer the Custom to the Deluxe (need that bridge SC, and that headstock...) and prefer white to black PGs on LPB, but I'd give that one a whirl.
 
Not a big LPB fan, but I can dig the whole tele format without the tele config concept.

I want to like the Vintera series, but there’s a little more roll off on the shoulders of the neck than I like. I do a lot of cramped partial chord repeated arpeggiated chiming parts when recording and layering and the shape of the Vintera necks seems to make it easy to drag the high e into not the right spot.

I prefer the feel of the older discontinued classic series stuff which all had wonderful feeling vintage spec necks.
 
Relative to Teles, I hate the HUGE pickguards, even w/ the proper Tele bridge/pup. That said, the blue makes this the best this model has ever looked to my eyes.

The only problem is the horrible headstock. Wish they did the Custom in LPB w/ a maple board & black guard. The Sonic Blue Custom w/ the mint guard and the Pau Ferro board, however, looks better than any other HUGE guarded custom. So glad disposable income isn't a thing for me...
 
Every time I see an HH Telecaster I think “wow that looks great oh nevermind it doesn’t have a TOM bridge”.
 
I like a traditional Tele bridge, but it seems silly to voice a complaint like that on a GPOTD. I expected to scroll down to find it had a Minotaur in lingerie airbrushed on the back.
 
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