2016 FENDER AMERICAN ELITE THINLINE TELECASTER IN NATURAL FINISH

The Fender Elite Telecaster Thinline is completely modified for feel and upgraded for performance and tone

Fender says: The Fender American Elite Telecaster Thinline, blends all the cosmetics of a traditional Telecaster Thinline, along with cleverly infused modern tweaks that make it not only incredibly versatile, but the only guitar you’ll ever want to play.


The 2016 Fender American Elite Thinline Telecaster at a glance:

  • Lightweight ash body, semi-hollow construction is incredibly loud and vibrant.
  • The Elite Telecaster Thinline’s asymmetrical neck heel combined with the compound neck profile allows for effortless feel and stress-free playability
  • Fender’s new 4th generation Noiseless pickups dazzle at blending dead-quiet operation with powerful twangy tones.
  • Innovative S-1 switching system allows you to combine the pickups in all sorts of different ways, yielding contrasting sounds.
  • Screwless mount suspension bridge with intonatable brass saddles increases string vibration, which results in more sustain and top end response.
  • Comes with Fender Deluxe Molded Hardshell Case w/locking center latch

USD 1,000,000

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description

Outside of its lightweight ash body, semi-hollow construction and satin finish maple neck, just about everything else on the Elite Telecaster Thinline is completely modified for feel and upgraded for performance and tone. Among the many improvements include its’ perfectly carved, compound “C” neck shape that subtly tapers to a comfortable “D” profile as you climb the neck, a 9.5−to 14-inch compound radius fingerboard that makes fretting out impossible, and an asymmetrical neck heel that feels unobtrusive when playing in the upper register.


Other beneficial features are the guitar’s dual action truss rod with easy access spoke wheel, which makes adjusting neck relief a no hassle affair, and the inclusion of short-post locking tuners. The Thinline also forgoes the traditional tele bridge plate with a screwless mount suspension bridge with intonatable brass saddles for increased string vibration, which results in more sustain and top end response, in addition to top loaded string changing. The guitar features fourth generation Noiseless pickups combined with Fender’s popular S-1 switching (push-activated atop the volume control), which engages series or parallel wiring options, master tone control and a three-position switch.


Specifications

General

Condition

New (open box, unplayed)

Number of Strings

6

Orientation

Right-handed

Country of Origin

U.S.A.

Year

2016

Limited Edition / Series

No

Weight

6-lbs 13.3-oz

body

Body Type

Semi-hollowbody

Body Shape

Singlecut Tele-Style  

Body Material

2-pc Lightweight Ash

Body Carve

Front: Flat 

Back: Flat

Body Binding

Front: 1-ply Dark Brown Tortoiseshell*

Back: No Binding

Weight Relief

Semi-hollow

Body Finish Type

Gloss Polyurethane 

Color

Front: Natural

Back: Natural

neck

Neck Material

1-pc Maple with Skunk-stripe, Satin Urethane Back & Gloss Front Finishes  

Truss Rod

Neck-Butt Spoke Wheel 2-way Adjustable  

Peghead Particulars

Front: Unbound Natural, with Black Modern Fender® Logo & Telecaster Decals 


Back: Printed in Black US Serial Number 

Neck Profile

Modern ‘C’ to ‘D’

Fingerboard Material

Maple, with Gloss Lacquer Finish

Fingerboard Radius

9.5"-14" Compound Radius

Scale Length

25.5"

No. Frets / Type

22 Medium Jumbo

Nut Size / Material 

1.650” / Synthetic Bone

Neck Width

1.678” at 1st fret / 2.039” at 12th fret  

Neck Depth

0.886” at 1st fret / 0.944” at 12th fret

Fingerboard Inlays

Large Black Pearloid Dots

Neck Binding

No

Side Dots

Black Pearloid

Neck Joint

Bolt-on

hardware

Bridge

Chrome Plated, Fender® U.S.A. New ‘Elite’ Suspension Bridge with Brass Saddles  

T-String

Chrome Plated,  Standard “T” Style

Tuning Machines

Chrome Plated, Fender® Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking, short posts / 18:01 Ratio

Pickup Cover / Ring

Bridge: Black (uncovered) Single-Coil / Neck: Chrome Covered Single-Coil with No Ring

Strap Buttons 

Polished Aluminum End Pins

Pickguard

3-Ply Brown Tortoiseshell*, 12-hole, Thinline Tele Style

Control Knobs

Chrome Plated, Pickguard Mounted Knurled-Rim Dome Top Knobs 

Switch 

Black, Plastic ‘Barrel’ Tip (3-pos Blade)

Neck Plate

Chrome Plated, Asymmetrical Improved Access 

Output Jack

Chrome Plated, rear-lower-bout mounted

electronics

Bridge Pickup

Uncovered, Fender® 4th generation Noiseless™ Single-Coil, Alnico 5, DCR 10.6k 

Middle Pickup

No

Neck Pickup

Chrome Covered, Fender® 4th generation Noiseless™ Single-Coil, Alnico 5, DCR 10.6k

Active / Passive

Passive

Series / Parallel

Series (switchable via S-1 control)

Controls

Master Volume w/S-1 Switch, Master Tone, 3-position Blade Pickup Selector

Vol Potentiometer 

250k

Tone Potentiometer  

250k

Capacitor / Resistor 

.22uF - 120v

Harness

Standard Control-plate mounted Telecaster Wiring

S-1 Switching

Yes, push/push Switch on Volume Pot

Coil-split / Coil-tap

No

Piezo

No

Active EQ

No

Kill switch

No

miscellaneous

Case / Gigbag

Fender® U.S.A. Deluxe Molded Strat®/Tele® Case w/locking center latch

Strap Locks

No

Strings

Fender® U.S.A. NPS (.009-.042 Gauges) 

Tools / Accessories

1/8” Truss Rod Hex Wrench / Leather Strap, Cable and Case Keys  

Manual / Literature 

Fender® U.S.A. Owner’s / Instruction Manual, S-1 Switching guide, Hang Tags

C.O.A.

No  

Other

No 

Weight

Is the actual weighed-value in US Standard Units



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Some technical Specs may have been extracted from Fender® U.S.A. and/or internet archives. The words Fender® and the associated designs are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and the other named entities, if any, respectively

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