Telecaster Trivia

Fender introduces an upgraded Telecaster model with, among other enhancements, Lace Sensor pickups. What was the model called? Answer: Telecaster Plus. … Continued

Keith Richards acquires what will become one of his favorite guitars in 1971, a butterscotch 1953 Telecaster that he nicknames … Continued

It’s well known that Jimmy Page used the 1959 Telecaster he’d used so extensively in the Yardbirds to play the … Continued

1967 studio album Super Blues sees a sort of summit meeting of blues stars Bo Diddley, Little Walter and Telecaster-wielding … Continued

The Yardbirds appear on U.K. network Granada Television’s Go Tell it on the Mountain in July of this year, performing … Continued

A song penned by Johnny Russell is recorded on Feb. 12 of this year at Capitol Records studios in Hollywood … Continued

Post by Jeff Owens In the early 1970s, a talented young British guitarist had just finished college in Southern California … Continued

In 1959, new versions of the Telecaster and Esquire are introduced with, for the first time, bound bodies and rosewood … Continued

Dale Hawkins scored what was probably the first Telecaster-fueled U.S. Top 40 hit in July 1957 with a song built … Continued