Fender 75th Anniversary American Vintage II 1951 Nocaster Electric Guitar, Blonde

Seventy-five up, seventy-five down, and we've got the Fender 75th Anniversary American Vintage II 1951 Nocaster! Commemorating seventy-five years of the Telecaster, this American Vintage II Series model drops in to celebrate the legacy of one of the earliest turning points in Fender history. Vintage-accurate and highly musical specifications all assemble within this Nocaster model for a striking take on a key slice of early Fender history.

Way back in the early 1950s, Fender experienced a now mythical period – however brief – where a copyright claim from Gretsch over their "Broadcaster" drum kit resulted in a line of guitars released with no model name on the headstock. These fabled "Nocasters" keyed into a small segment of the Fender legend, and today command enormous prices and incredible prestige among collectors. Today's Telecaster 75th Anniversary Collection Nocaster model revives the design of those original guitars for the players of today.

This American Vintage II Series line begins with a vintage-accurate ash single-cut body. Decked in a nitrocellulose gloss finish with Fender's Heirloom Lacquer treatment, this ash body replicates the natural wear and patina of a vintage guitar with decades of play behind it. This retro style goes further with a hard rock maple neck assuming a more substantial '51 "U" profile. Playing like a dream in an early '50s "baseball bat" style, this chunky hard rock neck is also treated to Fender's Heirloom lacquer finish. Filling out to a retro-style 7.25" radius fingerboard with twenty-one Vintage Tall frets, this American Vintage II model checks every box for an authentically full, round, and tall feel in the palm and on the fingers.

From here, this Nocaster introduces its sonic engine with two 75th Anniversary Blackguard Single-Coil Tele pickups. These authentically retro single-coils summon all the loving snap and twang of '50s originals for a totally vintage early-day Fender musical palette. What's more, this authenticity swings further with a hardware setup inspired by Nocaster originals. A bone nut and Pure Vintage Single Line "Fender Deluxe" tuning machines line up at the nameless headstock while a Pure Vintage 3-Saddle Tele bridge with brass barrel saddles lands at the base of the scale. This American Vintage II Nocaster model travels with a Vintage-Style Tweed hardshell case with a crushed red interior and an included chrome bridge cover.

Nameless in its time but world-famous now, the Nocaster has finally made a name for itself.