”It is the emblem of minimalism: a maple neck screwed to an ash body with 2 pickups, the Fender Telecaster is probably the longest-running solid body guitar in history and certainly one of the most fascinating.
Lorenzo
Today we welcome a beautiful 1963 Blonde Telecaster that our friend Mark R. has restored on behalf of his uncle E. R.
It is one of the early “veneers” and is a real gem, especially after Mark’s work.
Mark replaced the malfunctioning pots with other originals consistent with the year, oiled the mechanics and bridge and gave the guitar a nice polish, absolutely manual, to the finish of the guitar.
He also did this well-finished work for his uncle’s other Telecaster, an equally splendid ’68 Lake Placid Blue that we will present to you shortly.
In the beginning of the 1950s Leo Fender, then a technician specialized in radio repairs and in the construction of electric steel guitars, together with George Fullerton created what would prove to be the first solid-body guitar of industrial production, an exquisite example of fascinating simplicity. .
Initially called Esquire and immediately renamed Broadcaster, a name to which it will immediately have to give up due to a dispute with Gretsch for its Broadkaster series of drums, the Telecaster was immediately a great success among young guitarists for its affordable price, excellent sustain. and the absence of feedback.
Over the years it has proved to be an extremely versatile instrument, it has become the favorite instrument of many guitarists who have made it their workhorse, making it the queen of country and blues but also of rock and funky and later of new wave and of pop, becoming the symbolic guitar of the Police in the person of Andy Summers.
The rest is history.
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