NGD: Fender American Original 60’s Telecaster

I like that the American Originals are slept on currently because they’re awesome and not priced stupid. I’ve got an AO 70s Tele custom and love it.
 
I acquired this one yesterday. It is a 2018 and currently in the set up phase. So far it is coming along nicely. I’ve always favored double bound teles.

Yours looks fantastic too. I hope you enjoy it as much as I hope to enjoy mine!

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They and all the other American Original series were great but I suspect the radius change that made them work also cut in to custom shop sales, hence discontinued .
 
Nick1964 said:
I acquired this one yesterday. It is a 2018 and currently in the set up phase. So far it is coming along nicely. I’ve always favored double bound teles.

Yours looks fantastic too. I hope you enjoy it as much as I hope to enjoy mine!

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Nice! Yeah that one looks awesome! Really fantastic guitars.

Eagle said:
They and all the other American Original series were great but I suspect the radius change that made them work also cut in to custom shop sales, hence discontinued .
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I’ve heard that a few times unofficially. I heard similar rumors about the 2013-2017 AV series that preceded these, though they have the traditional radius.

In either event, mine is a smoking good player and sounds fantastic too. I wish I’d grabbed one of these years ago. It kinda halted my rather rabid tele consumption.
 
Eagle said:
They and all the other American Original series were great but I suspect the radius change that made them work also cut in to custom shop sales, hence discontinued .
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did they do something sensible like put 12" radiuses on em? cause i did that on all my teles by myself
:LOL:

i LOVE telecasters and have three- but i hate smaller than a 9.5"- its like playing on the grip of a baseball bat and it definitely prefer the opposite end
:LOL:
 
newholland said:
did they do something sensible like put 12" radiuses on em? cause i did that on all my teles by myself
:LOL:

i LOVE telecasters and have three- but i hate smaller than a 9.5"- its like playing on the grip of a baseball bat and it definitely prefer the opposite end
:LOL:
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The AO series had a 9.5 radius.
 
newholland said:
did they do something sensible like put 12" radiuses on em? cause i did that on all my teles by myself
:LOL:

i LOVE telecasters and have three- but i hate smaller than a 9.5"- its like playing on the grip of a baseball bat and it definitely prefer the opposite end
:LOL:
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9.5” and taller frets . I prefer flatter myself but they play a whole lot better then the previous generation or the replacement. And yes you can change it but most don’t.
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My tele is16” and has 57110 stainless steel frets.
 
Eagle said:
9.5” and taller frets . I prefer flatter myself but they play a whole lot better then the previous generation or the replacement. And yes you can change it but most don’t.
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My tele is16” and has 57110 stainless steel frets.
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oh damn! thats flat! someday im gonna try stainless frets but ive never met them thus far in life- i know youve recommended em, and i definitely wear out nickels... but id haveta have compelling evidence that the expense would be worth it for a hack such as myself
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my new wierdo stratele has 9.5" and vintage talls which takes a minute to get used to cause ill mash em sharp if i dont relax!
 
EOengineer said:
Missed this. How’s that wide range humbuckers working out?

I tried a firebird neck pickup in a tele a couple years ago and found I really missed the single coil sound.
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My favorite position on that guitar is the middle. The wide range on its own isn’t particularly special but combined with the bridge it’s fantastic. Adds a little beefiness to the twang, and the LP control layout is helpful in getting the right blend between them.
 
Wiretap said:
My favorite position on that guitar is the middle. The wide range on its own isn’t particularly special but combined with the bridge it’s fantastic. Adds a little beefiness to the twang, and the LP control layout is helpful in getting the right blend between them.
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Oh interesting! Thanks for the tip.
 
EOengineer said:
Yeah I started to go down the rabbit hole and it seems like authentic ones are rare/expensive because of the nature of the materials and blah blah I couldn’t be bothered. It’s in the “maybe one day” column.
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Marc at Mojo pickups in the UK is having proper Cunife threaded magnets made now and has a vintage accurate set. At £330+ a set though I'd need to play a guitar with them in before I'd order some

www.mojopickups.co.uk

Genuine CuNiFe Wide Range Humbuckers | Vintage Correct Set

The wait for authentic tone is over. UK-made Wide Range Humbuckers with genuine threaded CuNiFe magnets. Vintage-correct bobbins and 4-conductor wiring.
www.mojopickups.co.uk www.mojopickups.co.uk
 
As far as I know, the CuNiFe in the AO is authentic. Fender’s sets are also $300+ these days. Kinda makes the AO even more of a deal with how cheap they are on reverb (The less-loved 70s anyway!)
 
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