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1972 was a magical year for the Telecaster® guitar, which was then available in several new designs and with more options than ever before.
The ’72 Telecaster Custom features many of those options, including an alder body, a C-shaped maple neck, bullet truss rod, ’70s vintage hardtail strings-through Strat® bridge, three-bolt neckplate, a Wide Range humbucking pickup at the neck and a traditional single-coil pickup at the bridge.
Body |
Alder |
Neck |
Maple, “C” Shape,
(Gloss Urethane Finish) |
Fingerboard |
Rosewood |
No. of Frets |
21 Vintage Style Frets |
Pickups |
1 Fender® “Wide Range” Humbucking Pickup (Neck),
1 Tele® Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge) |
Controls |
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) |
Pickup Switching |
3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup |
Bridge |
Vintage Style 3-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge |
Machine Heads |
Fender®/Schaller® Vintage “F” Style Tuning Machines |
Hardware |
Chrome |
Pickguard |
3-Ply Black |
Scale Length |
25.5” (648 mm) |
Width at Nut |
1.650” (42 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,
Synthetic Bone Nut |

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