Overview
A rare New Old Stock 2001 Fender American Series Telecaster in Blue Metallic, presented in completely unplayed condition and preserved exactly as it left Fender’s Corona, California factory.
This early American Series generation represents Fender’s refined evolution of the American Standard platform, offering improved build consistency, modernised hardware, and classic Telecaster tone and feel. This example remains entirely untouched since production and is complete with its original hard case and factory inventory.
Key Points
- New Old Stock 2001 Fender American Series Telecaster, completely unplayed since leaving Fender’s Corona factory
- Original Blue Metallic finish, alder body with rosewood fingerboard, preserved in factory condition with no playwear or handling marks
- Complete example with original Fender hard case and factory inventory, stored since new and entirely unmodified
Condition
This instrument remains in true factory-fresh condition.
There is no fret wear, no handling wear, and no signs of use. The original factory plastics and protective elements remain in place, and all hardware retains its original factory appearance. The guitar has been case-kept since new and remains exactly as it left production.
This is an untouched Fender USA Telecaster from 2001, not a lightly used collector example, but a genuine long-term stored instrument.
Specifications
- Model: Fender American Series Telecaster
- Year: 2001
- Finish: Blue Metallic
- Body: Alder
- Neck: Maple, modern “C” profile
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 9.5”
- Frets: 22 medium jumbo
- Scale length: 25.5”
- Bridge: 6-saddle American Tele bridge, string-through-body
- Pickups: American Series single-coil Telecaster pickups
- Controls: Master volume, master tone (no-load), 3-way selector
- Tuners: Fender sealed tuners
Electronics & Hardware
All electronics and hardware remain factory original and untouched.
The American Series pickups deliver classic Telecaster articulation with a slightly more refined and even response compared to earlier American Standard designs. The no-load tone control provides additional top-end openness when fully engaged, increasing versatility while retaining core Telecaster character.
Hardware remains clean, bright, and entirely original throughout.
Included
- Original Fender hard case
- Factory inventory (tags and documentation as supplied from new)
- Original strap
A rare opportunity to acquire a completely unplayed early-2000s Fender American Series Telecaster in preserved factory condition, representing one of the cleanest surviving examples from this production era.
Far Out Guitars provide a 14-day no-quibble return policy, so if you don’t get on with your new guitar, you can return it for a refund.
You’re welcome to come and try the guitar at our premises in Marple, Cheshire by appointment only — just drop us a message.
