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 or ash body (depending on finish), 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.
- Color: 3-Color Sunburst(Polyester Finish)
- Body: Alder
- Neck: Maple, “U” Shape(Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184mm)
- 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
- Strings: Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel(.009-042)
- Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag
