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MODEL NAME Tele-Sonic
MODEL NUMBER 010-1800-(Color#)
SERIES American Special Series
COLORS (732) Brown Sunburst, (338) Crimson Red Transparent, (750) Butterscotch Blonde, (Polyurethane Finish) New! [Fender Color Chart]
BODY Honduran Mahogany Body with 11 Tone Chambers
NECK Maple, Modern “C” Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
MACHINE HEADS Fender/Schaller Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
FINGERBOARD Rosewood, 9.5” Radius (241 mm)
NO. OF FRETS 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
PICKUPS 2 U.S. DeArmond 2K Single-Coil Pickups
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
BRIDGE Fender Tech-Tonic™ Bridge. Fully Adjustable, Low Profile 6-Saddle Locking Bridge/Tailpiece
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups Position 3. Neck Pickup
HARDWARE Chrome
STRINGS Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-003
CASE Standard Molded Case
PICKGUARD 3-Ply Black
SCALE LENGTH 24 3/4” (629 mm)
WIDTH AT NUT 1.6875”
UNIQUE FEATURES 11 Tone Chambers,Black Painted Headstock,DeArmond 2K Single Coil Pickups,Fender/Schaller Straplock Strap Buttons
ACCESSORIES Standard Molded Case
INTRODUCED 7/1998
IIRC the early Gretsches used the DeArmond 2000 under the Dynasonic label. The '2k' designation applied/applies to the 90s-onwards Fender-owned DeArmond model which looked v similar but was built quite differently using a P90-type bar magnet arrangement. There's also a later 2000 model which is built in the same +/- way as the original. (I had a Korean G5125 with these on and they were convincingly Dyna-ish.) Then there's the modern but vintage-spec Gretsch Dyna, and TVJ and SD equivalents. Either way, as you say the 2k is a different beast. Sounds pretty good though!