This was the second iteration of what was known as the Telecaster Custom. From 1959-72, the Fender Custom Telecaster lived as a standard Tele with a bound body. The new Telecaster Custom that was available until 1981 boasted a Seth Lover-designed humbucker in the neck position to pair with ...
As innovative as it was, little if anything was fancy about the Telecaster. Several of its features were carried over from the Hawaiian steel guitars Fender had already been making since 1945, such as the “ashtray” bridge cover, knurled chrome knobs, Kluson tuners and combination of bridge a...
The twang heard 'round the world Recounts the history of the Fender Telecaster electric guitar designed by Leo Fender. Factors considered by Fender during the design process; Similarity of the guitar with the Rickenbacker Bakelite; Introduction of the guitar by the Radi... R Smith - 《Guitar ...
A lot o f other i 9 an d guitar makers were working on electric guitars at the same time.The famous electric guitar maker Les Paul made the solid-body guitar.In 1951. Leo Fender invente d the Fender Telecaster. This guitar woul d make solid-body electrie guitars hugely p 10 _. ...
With the Jazzmaster’s underdog image rapidly fading into the past, we take a step back in time with Fender historian Terry Foster, and catch up with Mike Long, proprietor of vintage specialists ATB Guitars in Cheltenham, U.K., to touch on its future
The instantly recognizable Telecaster® and Stratocaster® Fender’s legendary offset guitars like the Mustang®, Jazzmaster®, and Jaguar® Lesser-known models such as the Coronado and Bronco™ The Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Fender’s acoustic guitars and workhorse amplifiers like ...
“While a Fender Telecaster Thinline guitar has large hollow sections, the bridge is anchored to a very solid section of the body, and it’s not moving the top as it would on a hollow guitar. The f-hole here is mostly cosmetic; the tonal difference on a Thinline is more a function ...
The Fender Musical Instruments Company and the Gibson Guitar Corporation were two other early electric guitar pioneers, both developing models in the early 1950s. Fender began with the Telecaster in 1950 and 1951, and the Fender Stratocaster debuted in 1954. Gibson began selling the Gibson Les Pau...
The Fender Musical Instruments Company and the Gibson Guitar Corporation were two other early electric guitar pioneers, both developing models in the early 1950s. Fender began with the Telecaster in 1950 and 1951, and the Fender Stratocaster debuted in 1954. Gibson began selling the Gibson Les Pau...
“plain Jane” Telecaster—the Stratocaster was a marked step up in design and innovation for Fender. It had not one or two but three pickups, with switching and controls that created great tonal versatility (although, curiously, the switching configuration allowed only three of several possible ...