Though largely unchanged during the 1950s, a few minor tweaks to the Telecaster were implemented in the guitar’s first decade though. The color of the pickguard was changed from black to white in 1954; its pickup selector switch tip was changed from the original round type to the “top ...
Texas Tea tip of the hat Fender dressed up the classic tele with this beautiful Texas Tea with a Strat like contour body, noiseless pickups and a silky smooth Rosewood fretboard with a D neck… once again Randy Poteete at Sweetwater whose indispensable advice waa critical ...
On the front we find the classic pearly guard and small bridge with individual bent-steel saddles; at the other end of the one-piece maple neck, the familiar ‘bullet’ trussrod tip pokes out onto a headstock that’s tinted to (near enough) match the body. Round the back, there’s ...