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The Telecaster’s third decade was one of its most amazing ones …

A look at the musically momentous decade in which the Precision cemented its reputation as the workhorse bass guitar …

A look at Fender’s original electric guitar model in one of music’s greatest decades …

A look at the first decade of the instrument that changed everything …

A broad look at the history of the Telecaster in the decade of its introduction …

The venerable Twin has been universally hailed as one of the all-time great guitar amps ever since it was introduced in summer 1952 …

Fender’s durable first student model guitar with a vibrato system debuted in 1964 …

Occasionally, Fender is asked if it still offers a Telecaster model equipped with something called a “B-Bender.” The answer is yes.

Fender’s third and final late-’60s/early-’70s experiment with redesigned Telecaster models was the Telecaster Deluxe, developed in 1972 and introduced in 1973 …

Fender introduced a new Telecaster model in mid-1972 with a humbucking pickup at the neck and the beloved single-coil lead pickup still at the bridge. This was the Telecaster Custom …