Fender Releases 75th Anniversary Telecaster: Honoring the Iconic Guitar With Beautiful New Models!
Honoring the legacy of the 'twang'
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Fender Releases 75th Anniversary Telecaster: Honoring the Iconic Guitar With Beautiful New Models! · Source: Fender
With the 75th Anniversary Telecaster, Fender celebrates the history of its second iconic electric guitar while incorporating modern updates into its timeless design. The anniversary collection features five new Telecaster models that perfectly embody the Telecaster’s essence. Let’s take a closer look at them.
75th Anniversary Telecaster: How It All Began
Introduced in 1950 as the Broadcaster, the first iteration of the Telecaster was quickly renamed after a trademark dispute with Gretsch. The original Telecaster featured a solid slab body, a bolt-on maple neck, two simple single-coils, and hardware that could be assembled, replaced, or repaired without fuss.
In a market still dominated by fragile hollowbodies, the Telecaster was loud, durable, and (most notably) consistent. That quickly made it the working musician’s tool, especially in country, where players like James Burton turned its cutting bridge pickup into a defining sound.
By the mid ’50s, the Telecaster had already crossed genre lines. Quite a few early rock ’n’ roll players picked it up for its attack and clarity, while blues and later rock guitarists celebrated it for its raw sound. Unlike the Stratocaster, which evolved visually and ergonomically, the Tele has remained largely unchanged, and that has become part of its identity.
From Bruce Springsteen to Joe Strummer to many modern indie and session players, the appeal is the same: it does exactly what it says on the tin. So, this is where the 75th Anniversary Telecaster models come in.
75th Anniversary American Ultra II Telecaster
Let’s begin with the most premium of the 75th Anniversary Telecaster, the American Ultra II. It features an alder body, a bolt-on neck (modern “d” profile) made from quarter-sawn maple, and an ebony fretboard. Plus, you get 22 medium jumbo frets, the usual 25.5″ scale length. and a 10″ to 14″ compound fretboard radius.
In terms of optics, this model comes with 75th Anniversary custom sap steel inlays, a 1-ply, black anodized aluminum pickguard, deluxe cast/sealed locking tuners, and a 6-saddle string-through-body hardtail with chrome-plated brass saddles, all in black chrome. Add the “Liquid Gold” finish, and you’ve got one of the most luxurious-looking teles ever!
This 75th Anniversary Telecaster model comes with a pickup configuration consisting of a 75th Anniversary Ultra Noiseless Tele single-coil at the neck and a Fastlane Rail Humbucker in the bridge position. You get controls for master volume and master tone, both with separate S-2 switches, and a three-way switch to switch and combine pickups.
The Fender 75th Anniversary American Ultra II Telecaster is available at Thomann* for $3,090 / £2,790 / €3,199. A deluxe molded hardshell case is included.
Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Cabronita
Next, we’ve got the Fender 75th Anniversary American Professional Classic Cabronita as part of the 75th Anniversary Telecaster Collection. In terms of tone woods, this model is similar to the Ultra model: alder for the body, maple for the neck, but for the Cabronita, it’s a Modern “C” profile with a 9.5″ radius fretboard.
The Cabronite comes in Candy Apple Red with a 1-ply parchment pickguard and pearloid button tuners. For pickups, we’ve got two TV Jones TV Classic with a single master volume control; the bridge is a 3-saddle vintage-style strings-through hardtail with polished block steel saddles.
The 75th Anniversary American Professional Cabronita goes for $1,933 / £1,745 / €1,999 at Thomann*.
75th Anniversary Telecaster: A Tele and a P-Bass in Player II
Moving on to the more midrangey Player II series, Fender is releasing two models here, the Fender 75th Anniversary Player II Telecaster* and the Fender 75th Anniversary Player II P-Bass. The Player II Telecaster* comes with the same tone woods as the Cabronita, but with a 4-ply aged white pearl pickguard, two Thunderbolt single coils, a 6-saddle string-through-body bridge with block steel saddles. It’s available in Diamond Dust Sparkle.
There is also a Precision Bass model in the Fender 75th Anniversary Collection, with different iterations in different series. For the Player II model, you get an alder body, maple neck (modern “C” profile), a rosewood fretboard, and the typical p-bass pickup setup of a Thunderbolt split-coil. Get it from Thomann* for 1,069 euros.
75th Anniversary Telecaster: American Pro II, American Vintage II, and a PJ Bass!
And finally, 75th Anniversary Telecaster Collection also concludes new models in even more series from Fender. For instance, there is the Fender 75th Anniversary American Vintage II 51 P-Bass* in Butterscotch Blonde with a 75th Anniversary ’51 Single-Coil Precision Bass.
Then, Fender is releasing the 75th Anniversary American Professional II Telecaster, made in the USA. The tele comes in 2-Color Sunburst and a 3-ply mint green pickguard and two 75th Anniversary V-Mod II single coil.
And there is a PJ-Bass, too! The model in the 75th Anniversary Telecaster Collection is part of the American Professional II series. It features a 1963 “C” neck profile, bone nut, a 75th Anniversary V-Mod II Single-Coil Jazz Bass at the bridge, and a 75th Anniversary V-Mod II Split Single-Coil Precision Bass in the middle. The model oozes a luxurious touch with its gold hardware and the Fender Lightweight Vintage-Style Keys mit Tapered Shafts. Check it out at Thomann*.
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