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Post subject: Unusual 3 pickup American Deluxe Power Telecaster
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:53 am
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I just put a deposit down on a guitar. It is a 2000 American Deluxe Power Telecaster. It has the Fishman bridge. The research I have been able to do on it so far indicates the guitars were made from 2000-2001 and were discontinued. I have seen others on youtube and the forum discussions but all of them have two pickups, this one has three factory installed pickups. Even the PDF documents on the fender site show parts for just the two pickup model. It is in an originally available color (3 color sunburst) and has the black tolex case that came with this model. Does anyone have any information on this particular variant of the Power Telecaster. It is very similar to the 3-pickup Nashville (Made in Mexico) Power telecaster available today new from Fender. Anyone?

Sorry I can't post a photo, the store took the guitar down from their site this morning after I put the deposit down last night.


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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:00 am
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The guitar looks like the one at this post just down the page from this one at;HELLO!!! And a Q: - American Power tele - 2000' ???

The color is the only difference. And the added middle pickup which is factory installed.


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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:51 am
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The American Deluxe Tele did have 3 pickups for the first couple of years - I always thought the middle pickup was dropped in mid-1999; maybe it was mid-2000 (I have to admit I follow the changes on Strats more than Teles). It is entirely possible the first runs of the Am Dlx Power Tele occurred during the transition period while the factory middle pickup was being phased out.


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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:58 am
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The serial number on this one is in the 26xxx range or so, the other one I saw online that had two pickups was in the 30xxx range or thereabouts. The manual in the Fender website is dated in 2000. So are the PDF documents.

Still about the only american made 3-pickup tele I have been able to find.


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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:59 am
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Three-pickup USA-made Teles are pretty rare; the only ones I can think of are:

2nd version Tele Plus (late 1995-early 1998) - these had 3 Lace Sensor pickups in the "Nashville" configuration. Fender redid the Tele Plus in late 1995; this version had 3 gold-label (the vintage-output) Lace Sensors - a chrome-covered Tele-sized neck pickup, a chrome-covered Strat-sized middle pickup, and a black-covered Tele-sized bridge pickup and it used the American Standard Tele bridge. This version started the bound top, contoured back design still used on American Deluxe Teles.

1st version American Deluxe Tele (circa March 1998 - late 1999/early 2000). Gets all the American Deluxe upgrades and used the same Vintage Noiseless pickup in the middle as an American Deluxe Strat. It appears the earliest American Deluxe Power Teles also had the 3 pickup configuration.

The only other USA-made 3-pickup Tele I can think of is the "Nashville B-Bender" Tele; of course it also has the B-bender as well.


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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:49 am
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John C wrote:
It appears the earliest American Deluxe Power Teles also had the 3 pickup configuration.


Nope. The USA Power Teles never came with the late 1990s "Nashville" setup. There's no more room for a second mini-toggle switch on the control plate.

The only Power Tele featuring the Nashville setup is made in Mexico and lacks of an active mid-boost circuit and sub-rumble switch for the piezos.


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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:56 pm
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John C wrote:
It appears the earliest American Deluxe Power Teles also had the 3 pickup configuration.


Nope. The USA Power Teles never came with the late 1990s "Nashville" setup. There's no more room for a second mini-toggle switch on the control plate.

The only Power Tele featuring the Nashville setup is made in Mexico and lacks of an active mid-boost circuit and sub-rumble switch for the piezos.


That's what I thought before the OP made their post; he was firmly convinced that the middle pickup on the guitar in question was factory-installed. Of course the American Deluxe body has always had the route for the middle pickup so it would be easy to add one and it would "look" factory (as long as a "factory routed" pickguard was used).

It has been so long since I've seen a photo of the Am Dlx Power Tele (and I've never seen one in person) - for some reason I was remembering a stacked pot that controlled the peizo (it would have had piezo volume and magnetic pickup tone on the stacked pot) or was that on the MIM Nashville Power Tele?


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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:23 am
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If a middle Strat pickup is used, the control plate normally would have two mini-toggles, one to activate the bridge pickup in positions 4 & 5 of the 5-way selector and another one to blend the Noiseless pickups with the Fishman Powerbridge or use either the Powerbridge and the Noiseless pickups each alone.

The USA Power Tele had two stacked controls: the first was for the master volume and tone from the magnetic pickups and the second for the master volume and active mid-boost from the piezos.

The Nashvile Power Tele uses a stacked pot for the master volume and tone affecting the Tex-Mex pickups and a normal control pot for the Powerbridge's master volume.


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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:19 am
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If a middle Strat pickup is used, the control plate normally would have two mini-toggles, one to activate the bridge pickup in positions 4 & 5 of the 5-way selector and another one to blend the Noiseless pickups with the Fishman Powerbridge or use either the Powerbridge and the Noiseless pickups each alone.

The USA Power Tele had two stacked controls: the first was for the master volume and tone from the magnetic pickups and the second for the master volume and active mid-boost from the piezos.

The Nashvile Power Tele uses a stacked pot for the master volume and tone affecting the Tex-Mex pickups and a normal control pot for the Powerbridge's master volume.


Thanks; these have just been gone for so long that I couldn't remember the specs. I would have to say that the OP just found one that someone added the middle pickup to; as I mentioned I do know that the Am Dlx Tele bodies from back then still had the factory route for the middle pickup so it would be easy for an owner to mod the guitar and it would still look "factory".


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This guitar will sound better with a splittable chrome-covered humbucker in the neck and a "Police"-era active gain preamp for overdrive and distortion.

Twangy country leads from the bridge single-coil and splitted humbucking neck pickups, fat and crunchy rock rhythms from the neck humbucker and shimmering acoustic sounds from the Powerbridge, three guitars in one. What do you need to satisfy your desires?


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Post subject: Re: Unusual 3 pickup American Deluxe Power Telecaster
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:42 pm
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Reviving an old thread, but I too just stumbled upon a 3 pickup American telecaster with Fishman power bridge. I also have a MIM Deluxe Nashville power tele. The American version has an N9 serial number (indicating circa 1999). It says "made in the usa" on the front of the headstock. The body and controls are identical to the MIM version -- both have a stacked volume/tone for the mag pickups and a single knob for the piezo volume. The wiring and controls on both are identical underneath the control plate. There are no rumble control or mid boost switches on either. No dip switches on either. The neck plate is plain on both, although the American version has a "CE" sticker on it. So, based on the info in this thread, either I have some strange one-off American power tele model, or the prior owner attached a 1999 American tele neck to a MIM Nashville Power Tele body. Is there any other way for me to tell if this "American" version is really just a MIM body with an American neck?


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Post subject: Re: Unusual 3 pickup American Deluxe Power Telecaster
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:31 am
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Ric4001 wrote:
Reviving an old thread, but I too just stumbled upon a 3 pickup American telecaster with Fishman power bridge. I also have a MIM Deluxe Nashville power tele. The American version has an N9 serial number (indicating circa 1999). It says "made in the usa" on the front of the headstock. The body and controls are identical to the MIM version -- both have a stacked volume/tone for the mag pickups and a single knob for the piezo volume. The wiring and controls on both are identical underneath the control plate. There are no rumble control or mid boost switches on either. No dip switches on either. The neck plate is plain on both, although the American version has a "CE" sticker on it. So, based on the info in this thread, either I have some strange one-off American power tele model, or the prior owner attached a 1999 American tele neck to a MIM Nashville Power Tele body. Is there any other way for me to tell if this "American" version is really just a MIM body with an American neck?


Sounds like you've got a parts guitar with an American Standard neck on the MIM body. The USA ones were American Deluxes - so the body would have had top binding and a tummy cut on it, and the neck would have had the raised chrome headstock decal, abalone dots, and a serial number that started with "DN9" for a 1999. Evidently there were just a few American Deluxe Power Teles released with the Nashville configuration - the introduction of the Power version must have come a few months prior to Fender changing the American Deluxe Tele back to the 2-pickup configuration so there was a brief overlap there in 1999.


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Post subject: Re: Unusual 3 pickup American Deluxe Power Telecaster
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:19 am
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John C wrote:
Evidently there were just a few American Deluxe Power Teles released with the Nashville configuration - the introduction of the Power version must have come a few months prior to Fender changing the American Deluxe Tele back to the 2-pickup configuration so there was a brief overlap there in 1999.


Nope.

The USA Power Teles never came with a Nashville configuration as far as I can tell.

One possibility is Fender tried to wring existing leftover parts from the 2nd generation Tele Pluses before making the switch to the actual 2-pickup version.

In that case the control plate would sport two mini toggles for the 7-way switch and pickup mix respectively.

In a recent thread we had a discussion about a modified American Deluxe Telecaster with a Nashville configuration, 7-way switching and S1 system - better known as the "swiss army knife" Telecaster.

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Post subject: Re: Unusual 3 pickup American Deluxe Power Telecaster
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:42 am
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chromeface wrote:
John C wrote:
Evidently there were just a few American Deluxe Power Teles released with the Nashville configuration - the introduction of the Power version must have come a few months prior to Fender changing the American Deluxe Tele back to the 2-pickup configuration so there was a brief overlap there in 1999.


Nope.

The USA Power Teles never came with a Nashville configuration as far as I can tell.

One possibility is Fender tried to wring existing leftover parts from the 2nd generation Tele Pluses before making the switch to the actual 2-pickup version.

In that case the control plate would sport two mini toggles for the 7-way switch and pickup mix respectively.



According to the catalogs, yes. But there have been enough of these turn up that it seems more than just the 2-pickup ones being modded with the middle pickup added. Which makes me wonder if there were a few factory prototypes where they simply dumped the mini-toggle for the 7-way switch that made it out to the public - kind of like those 20 or so early Claptons with the 21-fret neck and the switch for the MDX that were sold before the final configuration was released.


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