This is it: Fender introduces upgraded American Standard Telecaster for 2012 – the archetypal instrument that has rocked the world for more than half a century. From the garage to the club to the stadium, the American Standard Telecaster is the same great best-selling go-to guitar it always has been, and now it’s upgraded with a comfortable new body contour and classic-sounding Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele (neck) and Broadcaster (bridge) pickups.
introduced by Fender at 2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse the 2012 American Standard Series Telecaster overhauls the Tele with a brand new set of pickups, contoured back and other design tweaks.
Fender American Standard Telecaster 2012 features:
- Five-Screw Mounted Brass Bridge Plate for Sonic Stability
- Loaded with Improved Bent Steel Saddles with Elongated String Slots, for Increased Resonance and Sustain
- Thinner Undercoat Finish for Improved Body Resonance
- Body wood: Alder
- Body belly contour on the back instead of slab-like back
- Neck Shape: Modern “C” Shape
- Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Neck Material: Maple or Rosewood
- Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.8 cm)
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Broadcaster
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop “Twisted” Tele® Single-Coil Neck Pickup
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Special Electronics: No-Load Tone Control
- Bridge: American Tele with New American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate
