What is a Fender Deluxe Telecaster?

Along with its predecessors, the Telecaster Thinline (1968) and the Telecaster Custom (1972), the Deluxe represented Fender’s first forays into the world of humbucking pickups.

How much did a Fender Telecaster cost in 1973?

Fender remedied this in January 1973 with the introduction of the Telecaster Deluxe. The Deluxe was billed as the top model in the Telecaster family and listed that year for $399.50 (non-tremolo model). It shared the same body shape as its predecessors, but any family resemblance ended there.

What’s new on the American professional Telecaster Deluxe?

In late 2016 the American Professional Telecaster Deluxe was released with a new take on the classic guitar featuring two newly developed, Tim Shaw-designed ShawBucker humbucking pickups, a string-through-body Telecaster bridge with bent steel saddles and a new modern “Deep C”-shaped neck profile.

The Fender Telecaster is one of the first mass-produced electric guitars dating back to 1951. Fender’s Deluxe Tele models are at the top-end of their Mexican-made offerings. Boasting a number of premium design appointments, they offer serious workhorse performance and comfy playability without breaking the bank.

What does a 1972 Telecaster Deluxe look like?

The ’72 Telecaster Deluxe 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, ’70s Strat headstock, two Wide Range humbucking pickups, traditional three way switching and four skirted amp knobs. Maple, 12? Radius (305mm)

What is the modern player Telecaster Thinline Deluxe?

The Modern Player Telecaster Thinline Deluxe casts an already distinctive classic Telecaster model in a whole new light with a full-throated pair of single-coil Modern Player MP-90 pickups.

Does Fender still make the Esquire Telecaster?

The first solid-body electric guitar to enter production was the Fender Esquire, a precursor to the Telecaster. It had a similar design but with a single pickup in the bridge position. Fender and Squier still occasionally produce versions of the Esquire. What’s the difference between Fender and Squier Telecasters?