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Fender unveils tribute to the Nocaster for seventy fifth Telecaster anniversary celebrations Guitar Contact

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Fender is continuous to have a good time 75 years of the Telecaster and Precision Bass with much more Anniversary fashions, together with a tribute to the anonymous Nocaster.

A variety of recent guitars be part of the beforehand unveiled P-Bass seventy fifth Anniversary fashions that landed in Might, and a spread of Teles that arrived in March – together with a brand new Cabronita mannequin.

This newest drop consists of quite a few P-Bass and Tele fashions that combine archival finishes, basic and peculiar fashions of the previous, and trendy options that supply a recent tackle their historic options.

Let’s dive into each…

seventy fifth Anniversary American Classic II 1951 Nocaster

In 1951, between the top of the Broadcaster title and the daybreak of the Telecaster, Fender shipped guitars with no mannequin title on the headstock. This ‘Nocaster’ paperwork a peculiar window in electrical guitar historical past; knowledgeable by a telegram from Gretsch that the ‘Broadkaster’ title had been registered for a drum package, Fender started clipping the Broadcaster title from headstock decals till the brand new Telecaster decals have been delivered.

The seventy fifth Anniversary American Classic II 1951 Nocaster options an ash physique completed in Nocaster Blonde and an unique Heirloom Lacquer therapy. It has a ’51 U-shaped maple neck with a 7.25” radius fingerboard and classic tall frets.

True to the Nocaster specs, the twelfth fret face-dot spacing is slim and the only real single Phillips-head fastener on the guitar is on the truss rod nut. Elsewhere, it has a triple brass saddle bridge and single-line Fender Deluxe tuners, whereas the seventy fifth Anniversary Blackguard Telecaster pickups honour the guitar’s lineage.

Headstock on the Nocaster, showing no decal for the Tele name.
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seventy fifth Anniversary Participant II Baritone Telecaster

This Baritone mannequin presents a Fashionable C-profile, a rosewood or maple fingerboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, and a 27” scale size – perfect for gamers in search of entry to decrease registers. Fitted with Participant Collection Alnico V Single-Coil Tele pickups and a 3-way blade, it’s accomplished by a 6-saddle bridge, block metal saddles and ClassicGear tuners. This one is out there in 3-Colour Sunburst and Black with a Rosewood Fingerboard, or Lake Placid Blue and Butterscotch Blonde, each with a Maple Fingerboard.

Baritone Telecasters in Black and Lake Placid Blue.
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seventy fifth Anniversary Participant II Telecaster

Bringing a recent take to the Tele, this Anniversary Participant II mannequin additionally presents a Fashionable C-profile with satin urethane end and a 9.5”-radius slab rosewood or maple fingerboard with rolled edges. It hosts 22 medium jumbo frets, and gamers get a selection between alder, chambered ash or chambered mahogany our bodies accessible in Daphne Blue and Seafoam Inexperienced with a Rosewood Fingerboard, or Sweet Apple Crimson and Aztec Gold with a Maple Fingerboard. This mannequin is powered by Participant Collection Alnico V Single-Coil Tele pickups, accompanied by a 3-way blade swap, a 6-saddle bridge, block metal saddles and ClassicGear tuners.

Player II Anniversary Telecasters in Aztec Gold and Seafoam Green.
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seventy fifth Anniversary Participant II Precision Bass 

This Participant II Precision Bass is “primed for at this time’s gamers”, based on the Huge F. It has a Fashionable C-profile with a satin urethane end on the again, a 9.5”-radius slab rosewood or maple fingerboard with rolled edges, and 20 medium jumbo frets.

An alder physique is out there in each basic Fender finishes and never-before-seen colors unearthed from the archives: Daphne Blue and Seafoam Inexperienced with a Rosewood Fingerboard, or Sweet Apple Crimson and Aztec Gold with a Maple Fingerboard. Participant Collection Alnico V Cut up-Coil P Bass pickups energy tone, whereas an adjustable 4-saddle bridge, single-groove metal saddles and open-gear tuners support tuning stability.

Anniversary Player II P-Bass models in Candy Apple Red and Daphne Blue.
Credit score: Fender

To search out out extra concerning the seventy fifth anniversary assortment, go to Fender.




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