Fender has spent the last 30 years re-learning its past and with the new American Vintage range has homed in on what it sees as the three essential vintage Teles: the quintessential ash-bodied 'black guard' '52 1952telecaster.net (reviewed here); the slimmer-necked '58, also in ash; and the rosewood 'board '64 that's generally alder-bodied, but employing ash for the White Blonde colour option. Fender has gone to town on accuracy, too, having used several great originals as benchmarks. The U shape reminds me of a Maple version of the 1962 Rosewood neck, but a little chunkier. Nearly evey MIJ/CIJ 52 Tele I have seen has come with a V shaped neck. The V is most prominent nearest 1952 telecaster the headstock.
Thankfully, the guitar retains 1952 telecaster sale modern wiring, not the archaic pre-'67 style that's at odds with today's tastes. Tone wise, this one remains our favourite modern Tele, just as its predecessor was. It's simply what Teles mean to these ears. We'll just mention that an original '52 ranks in this writer's top-three guitars of all time, and this guitar would not be totally embarrassed in its company, especially after a few years' worth of hard gigging.
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