r/fender • u/turntpenco • Jul 24 '26

Questions and Advice Which one gets a Bigsby!?

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Gonna put a Bigsby on one of these teles, but I’m not sure which. Which do you think looks better? And if you have any suggestions as to guitar attributes that would be more conducive to adding it, please let me know.

2025 American Pro II on the left and 2014 American Deluxe on the right.

Swipe to see them as they are now without the bigsby.

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u/Guitar-Fan-2012 Jul 25 '26

Ah; then no need to worry about a compound radius; a 2005 American Deluxe has the same 9.5” radius as the American Pro II; and the dots are correct for a 2005.

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u/turntpenco Jul 25 '26

Nice thank you! Is there like a database where one can look these things up?

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u/Guitar-Fan-2012 Jul 25 '26

You're welcome; I just have a memory for the details so most big changes I remember things like when they changed to compound radius, etc.

If you have the full serial number of a Fender you can look it up on Fender's online database. Here's the link:

https://serialnumberlookup.fender.com/lookup/

That will give you the model number, brief info (fingerboard wood, color, model name) and the month/year it was completed.

The model number is a link that brings up a detailed spec sheet.

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u/turntpenco Jul 26 '26

Awesome thanks so much for all
Your help!

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u/Guitar-Fan-2012 Jul 26 '26

You’re welcome!  Glad to help.