Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline Ltd (USA, MN) - olympic white

Limited edition with an ash body, maple fingerboard, and Olympic White finish.

The FENDER Limited Edition American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline (0170392805) semi-hollow-body electric guitar offers a very attractive alternative to the reissues in the Fender Custom Shop’s Time Machine series.
Modeled after the original vintage models from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, the American Vintage II models produce incredibly authentic tones and evoke the same emotions that musicians of that era surely felt.

Designed by German luthier Roger Rossmeisl in 1968—and immediately recognizable by its “f”-shaped soundhole and new pickguard—it went into production in 1969. It was updated in 1972 with a pair of Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups, a truss rod adjustable from the headstock, and a three-screw neck joint.
Initially, the Telecaster Thinline was designed to offer a lighter Telecaster than the original solid-body model (a challenge exacerbated by the growing scarcity of lightweight ash).

Introduced in the early 1980s, the American Vintage series marked Fender’s return to the forefront as CBS’s reign came to an end. Fender completely reimagined the concept of vintage reissues by restoring original tooling, developing new pickups, and recreating the original finishes.