64 Pure Vintage is an awesome telecaster.

I like the PV line so much I want the offsets, and a bass, too. I don't even play bass.

 

For the life of me I cannot find a Pure Vintage 64 Fender Telecaster guitar, anywhere, at any price. Lots of American Vintage… Hmmm.

 

Just wanted to confirm the '64s have the same fret size as the 52's correct?

 

I see Pure Vintage pickups but not Pure Vintage Telecasters…?

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Tele64RWAWBL

So there is an American Vintage series but I'm wondering where the Pure Vintage moniker comes from?

 

Are the pickups in these AV/PV guitars RWRP? Is the middle position hum free? It doesn't say on the Fender website.

 

I've been tempted to get another AV models but really don't play my other guitars any more.. I have several killer Strats that I play so infrequently there really is no point in buying another one.

 

Here's hoping....

 

See here - http://www.fender.com/series/american-vintage/

 

Any AV post 2102 is what you want. Fender revamped the line, changed model years, etc. And they made a mess of the marketing by keeping the name the same, even though so much had changed. They used the term 'Pure Vintage' in their marketing materials, and left it ambiguous whether the line was called that or not. Some have said that's so they can move production offshore eventually. And as you've seen, you can buy Pure Vintage pickups, which are the exact pickups in the post 2012 .... American Vintage guitars.

Outside of TDPRI-land (yes, there is a world out there), people won't know what you mean by PV.

Beware: the 58 and 64 weren't available before all the good changes. But you may still find the occasional pre-PV -- plain ol' American Vintage -- '52. Some retailers either don't know the difference, or are hoping you don't. Most of these are moved now, probably. If you see closeout pricing on a '52, make sure what you're getting. xtrajerry knows more about this, I think. He'll correct me if I've omitted or misstated, I hope.

 

Check out the banner at the top of the page, this was the new marketing headline when they released the new models in 2012 and as said before, many people use it as a fast way to distinguish between new models and older AV models.

http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/american-vintage/

Edit: Never mind...I'm just repeating information others have posted...must learn to read more before posting

 

This question pops up so often there should be a sticky..

 

Why call it something that is a total misnomer when it's pretty easy to distinguish between AVRI and AV? The only confusion I see is people referring to instruments that don't exist.

 

Makes sense to me. But I don't follow your suggested alternate. Which is the newer model, AV, or AVRI? Why? :?:

 

I think some sellers purposely misuse various terms to describe these guitars with the hope that a confused buyer will pay up for a discontinued model.