An American-made Telecaster at a Great Price

An American-made Tele at an unbeatable price — that’s exactly what you get with the Fender American Performer Telecaster. Experience balanced tone and extreme comfort, courtesy of a lightweight alder body, maple modern C-shaped neck, and easy-playing 9.5"-radius maple fingerboard. Heat things up with an awe-inspiring combination of vintage-tinged sonics and modern output, thanks to a Yosemite single-coil bridge pickup and DoubleTap neck humbucker. On top of that, a push-pull coil tap accesses a whole universe of tonal textures, while Fender’s Greasebucket tone control keeps things from getting muddy. The American Performer Tele includes ClassicGear tuners for rock-solid intonation.

American-made quality at an unbeatable price

Fender's American Performer Series exists to do one thing: give you a genuine US-made Fender at an unbeatable price. The American Performer Telecaster gives you a great selection of cool Tele features, including a supremely playable maple neck and fingerboard, jumbo frets, Yosemite pickups, and Fender's innovative Greasebucket tone control. All in all, it's quite a potent music-delivery system. And it's made right here in the USA, in Fender's state-of-the-art Corona, California, factory. The guitarists here at Sweetwater are impressed with the incredible price-to-performance ratio that’s supplied by the American Performer Series.

Vintage-tinged tone with higher output and modern wiring

While the Fender American Performer Telecaster is teeming with vintage-tinged tone, its modern output and wiring give it a sound all its own. This Tele’s Yosemite single-coil bridge pickup features flat-staggered pole pieces, yielding a vintage tonal balance and amp-brutalizing punch. Beyond that, its DoubleTap neck humbucker is loaded with Alnico V magnets for a solid, aggressive sound. There’s plenty of tone shaping onboard, with a master tone knob, tone control with push-pull coil tap, and a 3-way pickup selector switch.

Greasebucket tone control rolls off highs without adding bass

Fender has fitted their American Performer Telecaster with their Greasebucket tone control, which rolls off highs without adding bass or affecting your volume. This is seriously cool, because it gives you explicit control over your tone onstage without your having to compensate for volume loss — making the American Performer Tele a serious tone machine.

Tech Specs

• Body Type:Solidbody
• Body Shape:Telecaster
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Number of Strings:6
• Body Material:Alder
• Body Finish:Gloss Polyurethane
• Color:3-tone Sunburst
• Neck Material:Maple
• Neck Shape:Modern C
• Radius:9.5"
• Fingerboard Material:Maple
• Fingerboard Inlay:Black Dots
• Number of Frets:22, Jumbo
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.650"
• Nut Material:Synthetic
• Bridge/Tailpiece:3-saddle String-thru Tele Bridge
• Tuners:Fender Classic Gear
• Neck Pickup:American Performer DoubleTap Humbucker
• Bridge Pickup:Yosemite Tele Single-coil
• Controls:1 x master volume, 1 x master tone, 3-way blade pickup switch, Greasebucket tone circuit
• Strings:Fender USA, .009-.042
• Case Included:Gig Bag
• Manufacturer Part Number:0115122300