A trademark conflict with a rival manufacturer's (Gretsch Broadkaster) led to the guitar being renamed in 1951. Earlier versions made before 2003 featured an American Tele single-coil paired with two Texas Special Strat pickups and 5-way switching. Fender was intrigued and so, in 1949, he built a better prototype. On these models, the tone knob acted as a blending knob, with the "0" position using only the bridge pickup, blending to a 50/50 neck/bridge mix in the "10" position. They removed the "dark circuit" from the first position, and installed what has become the standard twin pickup switching system: neck pickup alone with tone control in the first position, both pickups together with the tone control in the middle position and in the third position the bridge pickup alone with the tone control.[8]. Even in 2020, the Fender Professional II variant in Butterscotch Blond finish looks almost indistinguishable from the original Telecaster from the early 1950s. In September 2010, Fender introduced the Mexican-made Black Top Telecaster HH, featuring dual hot vintage alnico humbucking pickups, a one-piece maple neck with rosewood or maple fretboard and 22 medium-jumbo frets. [4] Fewer than fifty guitars were originally produced under that name, and most were replaced under warranty because of early manufacturing problems. Nice 1950's Fender Champion steel guitar in blue. Fender offered factory hot-rodded Teles with such pickup configurations, the US Fat and Nashville B-Bender Telecasters around 1998. It's a wonderful Fender Custom... 2009 Paul Reed Smith Howard Leese Private Stock! This was a Japan-only... c. 2004 Fender Japan '57 Reissue Stratocaster US Pickups in Black! The '52 Telecaster, which was made in 1982–1984 and then 1986 to 2018. Desirable Vintage PRS Custom 24 in Vintage Yellow! In around September 1951, Fender renamed the guitar to Telecaster and started placing these decals on the headstock. Pick-guards came in white or black and there was a 12 saddle bridge to accommodate the strings. These can bear the Telecaster name, since Squier is owned by Fender. The finish has aged to a very cool Green pearloid look. It produced less of the uncontrolled, whistling, 'hard' feedback ('microphonic feedback') that hollowbodied instruments tend to produce at volume (different from the controllable feedback later explored by Pete Townshend and countless other players). Also available are the Artist Series and Vintage Modified Series. The American Nashville B-Bender guitar is modeled after the personally customized instruments of some of Nashville's top players, featuring a Fender/Parsons/Green B-Bender system, two American Tele single-coils (neck, bridge), a Texas Special Strat single-coil (middle) and five-way "Strat-O-Tele" pickup switching. The archetypical Fender Telecaster is a solid-body electric guitar with a flat asymmetric single-cutaway body; the body is usually made from alder or ash. The guitar is ready to go and is playing great! The American Performer retains most of the American Special's features, but with upgrades such as the Fender Yosemite pickups, Classic Gear tuners, and new colors. £15.00 postage. In its original design nearly all components are secured using only screws (body, neck, tuners, bridge, scratchplate, pickups to body, control plate, output socket), with glue used to secure the nut and solder used to connect the electronic components. In the Fall of 2013, Fender upgraded the pickups on the American Special line to Custom Shop Texas Special pickups. $75. The Custom Classic Telecaster was the Custom Shop version of the American Series Tele, featuring a pair of Classic and Twisted single-coils in the bridge and neck positions, as well as a reverse control plate. The term Nocaster was later coined by collectors to denote these transitional guitars that appeared without a model name on the headstock. That is my number-one “go to” for writing new music. Nice and fairly clean overall with a few scratches/dings as shown in the photos. All Cabronitas can be distinguished by use of a smaller pickguard that covers the lower horn only, similar to the pickguard used in the original prototype for the Telecaster in 1949. 099-9892-920 Fender Roasted Maple Vintera® Mod '60's Telecaster® Neck, 21 Medium Jumbo Frets, 9.5" Radius, "C" Shape 0999892920 $349.99 Add to Cart The solid body allows the guitar to deliver a clear and sustaining amplified version of the strings' sound; this was an improvement over previous electric guitar designs, whose resonant hollow bodies made them prone to unwanted acoustic feedback when volume was increased. This model includes two Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups and was originally produced from 1972 to 1981 and has since then been reissued. The guitar is an original SC-1... 1997 Fender Telecaster Acoustic CIJ TLAC! We're always at the cutting edge of the latest releases from all your favorite brands, so don't miss out on that short-run or one of a kind piece you've been waiting for - buy online now at The Music Zoo or visit our New York showroom today. Fixed bridges are almost universal, and the original design has three individually adjustable dual-string saddles whose height and intonation can be set independently. Notable Elite Telecaster players include Johnny Hallyday, Dave Davies of The Kinks, Michael Houser with Widespread Panic, and Andy Summers of The Police. It is similar to the regular Telecaster Deluxe, in that it has 22 frets and a 3 way selector switch for the pickups,[6] but it features three Fender "Enforcer" humbuckers and a chrome pickguard. Nice Fender Japan ST57-66US model with US Pickups in Black. Players had been "wiring up" their instruments in search of greater volume and projection since the late 1920s, and electric semi-acoustics (such as the Gibson ES-150) had long been widely available. It typically has one TV Jones Classic pickup in the bridge position although being custom built, in can be ordered in any configuration. A change over came in 2005/2006 with the line until 2011. As a result of legal action from the Gretsch company over the guitar's name, the Broadcaster (Gretsch already had the "Broadkaster" name registered for a line of drums), factory workers simply snipped the "Broadcaster" name from its existing stock of decals, so guitars with these decals are identified simply as "Fender", without any model name. As of 2018 the American Special Telecaster is available in 3-color sunburst, lake placid blue, sherwood green metallic and vintage blonde. Other features include a solid contoured alder body, a reversed control assembly and black skirted amp control knobs. Telecaster w.Bigsby \SOLD [14/09/15] Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop \SOLD [14/08/25] Mosrite MARKⅡ Model \SOLD [14/08/25] Squier(Japan) SST-33 w.Dimarzio \SOLD [14/08/29] Fender/USA AM Vin '62Jazzmaster(2011) \SOLD [14/09/06] Tokai ES-115CM/BB \SOLD [14/08/16] G&L Tribute ASAT Classic \SOLD [14/08/16] Gibson HC 1957Les Paul Reissue… Retrieved 7 July 2020. Many different colours have been available. $6.00 shipping. It is characterized by a body having a solid center core with hollow wings to reduce weight. Gretsch G6119T-62 Tennessee Rose Vintage Select Bigsby Deep Cherry Stain (1) £1,999. Other finishes were available but much more scarce. 00. The first position (switch towards neck) activated the neck pickup with treble tone cut, which produced a muffled, bass-heavy tone (sometimes called the "dark circuit"). Most Telecasters have two single-coil pickups, a pickup selector switch, a single volume control and a single tone control. The Thinline version has been introduced in 2013. It had 6 tuners per side of the headstock with the fender logo in-between. It features a mahogany body, two P-90 style single-coil pickups, individual volume and tone controls and the three-way pickup selector in the upper horn position. "A 1951 Fender Telecaster". c. 2004 Fender Japan '57 Reissue Stratocaster US Pickups in Black! Fender discontinued the American Deluxe series in 2016. The Telecaster Deluxe sported a large headstock similar to the Stratocaster, maple neck and a contoured body, as well as a tremolo bridge option on models manufactured after 1973/74. Really cool model with 3-band EQ, built-in... 2017 PRS Custom 22 Swamp Ash LTD! Just like the Fender Stratocaster, the Telecaster is also a versatile guitar, usable for most styles of music and has been used in many genres, including country, reggae, rock, pop, folk, soul, blues, jazz, punk, metal, alternative, indie rock, and R&B. It sounded bright and sustaining. The bodies were bandsawn and routed from slabs, rather than hand-carved individually, as with other guitars made at the time, such as Gibsons. That hand-built prototype, an unbranded white guitar with no model name, had most of the features of what would become the Telecaster. One of the best tops of the... c. 1982 G&L SC-1 White! Several variants have appeared throughout the years with a wide assortment of pickup configurations, such as a humbucker in the neck position, three single-coil pickups, and even dual humbuckers with special wiring schemes. 00 £2,399. While "Cabronita" isn't a proper Spanish word, it roughly translates to English as "little bastard"[10] or "little devil". The Highway One Texas Telecaster sported a one-piece maple neck/fretboard with a modern 12" radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, bone nut, single ply pickguard, round string guide, brass saddles, "spaghetti" style Fender font, solid ash body, vintage tuners, offered in two satin nitrocellulose colors, honey blonde and 2-color sunburst with a pair of Hot Vintage alnico V pickups. Fender has since registered Nocaster as a trademark to denote its modern replicas of this famous rarity. As of 2008, all American Standard Telecasters came with a redesigned Tele bridge with vintage-style bent steel saddles, and a bridgeplate made of chromed brass instead of steel. First, a true tone control knob was installed, that could be used to alter the tone from bass-heavy (in the 0 position) to treble-heavy (in the 10 position). Gibson Custom Shop 1963 SG Special Reissue Lightning Bar VOS, Cherry Red. The Fender Strat was introduced just a few years after Fender debuted the Telecaster, which is widely considered to be the first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar. 00. Includes some tags as shown. This guitar was among the latest CBS-era Fenders to feature a BiFlex truss-rod system, low-friction EasyGlider string trees and active electronics. (Many newer models have six saddles.) Clayton Orr "Doc" Kauffman, built a crude wooden guitar as a pickup test rig, local country players started asking to borrow it for gigs. The HH model sported an ebony fingerboard, quilted or flamed maple top and a pair of Enforcer humbuckers with S-1 switching (discontinued as of 2008). but prevented players from muting strings at the bridge and made it impossible to pick near the saddles to produce the characteristic Telecaster 'twang'. Controls include a dual concentric volume pot for each pickup, a master tone and 3-way pickup switching. The B-Bender device was used to change the B string's pitch to a C# at the press of a lever located on the guitar strap peg. Both use the standard 25.5" scale on 22 fret maple necks that are unlike any other Telecasters in that they do not utilize an overhang to accomplish the 22nd fret, but instead use a longer, square ended neck that is not fully compatible with previous Fender parts. Includes some tags as shown. Freeth, Nick & Alexander, Charles (1999). The guitar now known as the Fender Telecaster was born. In 2019, the American Performer Telecaster was introduced as the successor to the American Special. The Acoustasonic Telecaster is a combination of an acoustic and electric guitar. The Cabronita (and Custom Shop variant La Cabronita) is a model that is distinguished by the use of Fidelitron or the more expensive TV Jones Classic humbucking pickups, which look like the original Gretsch humbuckers. The stamped metal bridge plate has been replaced with a flat plate, and the removable chromed bridge cover (often called the "ashtray" for its secondary use) has been discontinued for most models; it improved shielding Designed to restore Fender's reputation after a group of employees led by William C. Schultz took over ownership from CBS in the early 1980s. They typically feature 22 frets (rather than 21) and truss rod adjustments are made at the headstock end, or the body end depending on the model (typically at the head-stock in newer models). In 2010, the American Special Telecaster was introduced. The neck is usually made from maple and attached to the body with screws (often referred to as "bolts") and has a distinctive small headstock with six tuning pegs mounted inline along a single side; the fingerboard may be maple or another wood, e.g. Since this, Fender has developed even more in the way of pickups and tones for the Telecaster, with changes from Alnico III magnets to Alnico V magnets. Stackpole pot as fitted to a 1971 Fender Telecaster. Buy Fender Telecaster Electric Guitars and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay! Discontinued in 2009 and replaced by the Custom Deluxe Telecaster series models. Some also preferred tremolos on their Telecasters, installing a Bigsby on them. [citation needed]. This PRS Custom 22 is a very rare one and the specs are... 1989 PRS Custom 24 10 Top Vintage Yellow! Later in 1950, this single-pickup model was discontinued, and a two-pickup model was renamed the Broadcaster. Get it Wednesday, Feb 17 ... Fender American Performer Mustang Short Scale Bass Arctic White Rosewood Fingerboard ... Gibson Custom Shop 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue VOS Washed Cherry Sunburst #90561 £5,199. The Fender Tele Jr. is a variant of the Telecaster that the Fender Custom Shop produced in a limited run of 100 units in the early 1990s. Gretsch G6128T-53 Vintage Select '53 Duo Jet Bigsby, Black ... Gretsch G6119T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessee Rose Hollowbody, Dark Cherry Stain ... Fender 75th Anniversary Telecaster, Diamond Anniversary. 2013 Gibson CC9 Believer Burst! The sub-sonic Telecaster was first made in 2002 and is still produced. It comes with an upgraded heavy padded gig bag and lots of hang tags as shown. Although this provided the player with a proper tone control, the change also made it impossible to blend the signal from both pickups. Fender Custom Shop. A variety of Telecasters have been Replicated over the years. Original Fender Super Reverb 1965 (NOT a Reissue) $2,200 (Atwater Villiage) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. Proprietary "Ashtray" or modern style with string through or top load strings.Since 2017 the Professional Series Teles feature a clip- on partial bridge cover. PR Newswire, 11 July 2017. Due to a trademark issue with Gretsch, Fender eventualy changed the name of the guitar to Telecaster in 1952. At the same time, a capacitor between the slider of the volume control and the output allows treble sounds to bleed through while damping mid and lower ranges. This not only made production easier, but allowed the neck to be quickly removed and serviced, or replaced entirely. The guitars are made out of a spruce top with an ebony fret board and a mahogany neck. $749. The original switch and knob configuration was used from 1950 to 1952. The third position selected the bridge pick-up alone, again with an active tone control knob. "[15], Country rock star Brad Paisley has been seen using a Fender Telecaster guitar in multiple performances. Since they were manufactured in this form for 8-9 months in 1951, original Nocasters are highly prized by collectors. As of March 23, 2010, Fender updated the American Deluxe Telecaster with a compound radius maple neck, N3 Noiseless Tele pickups and a reconfigured S-1 switching system for wider sonic possibilities. In addition, the classic Telecaster neck was fashioned from a single piece of maple without a separate fingerboard, and the frets were slid directly into the side of the maple surface. In 2003 Fender offered Telecasters with a humbucking/single coil pickup arrangement or two humbucking pickups featuring Enforcer humbucking pickups, and S-1 switching. Fender did not use the traditional glued-in neck, but rather a "bolt-on" neck (which is actually attached using screws, not bolts). This body style was later released as the Fender Telecaster Bass in 1968 after the Precision Bass had been changed in 1957 to make it more closely resemble the Fender Stratocaster guitar. [6] The most common variants of the standard two-pickup solid body Telecaster are the semi-hollow Thinline, the Custom, which replaced the neck single coil-pickup with a humbucking pickup, and the twin-humbucker Deluxe. Guitars were not constructed individually, as in traditional luthiery. Ideal for country bends and steel guitar glisses, this Tele is available only with a maple fingerboard. [8], In late 1952, Fender made several changes to the circuitry of the guitar. The new model now sports staggered, locking tuning machines, which provide a better break angle over the nut for increased sustain and improved tuning stability. Although subjective, this point is evidenced by the continual reissue of the 1951 Nocaster and 1952 Telecaster in large numbers by the company to this day. If you enjoy restoring or building your own guitars, you will need to gather the necessary parts, such as a neck or body, to complete your stringed vision. Nice black Ovation Al Dimeola signature model. Even though the Telecaster is more than half a century old, and more sophisticated designs have appeared since the early 1950s (including Fender's own Stratocaster), the Telecaster remains in production. Nice and fairly clean overall with a few scratches/dings as shown in the photos. Fender. Gretsch G6128T-53 Vintage Select '53 Duo Jet Bigsby, Black ... Gretsch G6119T-62 Vintage Select Edition '62 Tennessee Rose Hollowbody, Dark Cherry Stain ... Fender 75th Anniversary Telecaster, Diamond Anniversary. © Copyright 2021 Kansas City Vintage Guitars. To distinguish this model from the mid-1960s Custom with body binding, the market generally refers to the guitar as the "1972 Custom", indicating the year this model was released. [6] Its wide range of tonalities allows the Telecaster to be used successfully for many styles of music including country, pop, rock, blues and jazz. The Fender Broadcaster was the first mass produced solid body electric. The '63 Telecaster is a custom shop guitar produced from 1999 to the present day. The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele /ˈtɛli/, is the world's first commercially successful[note 1] solid-body electric guitar. The 1950–52 guitar marked only with Fender on the headstock is popularly known as the Nocaster. During the CBS era in the 1970s, the Telecaster body style was changed to a new "notchless" shape, having a less pronounced notch in the crook where the upper bout meets the neck. Fender discontinued this guitar in 2006. The Fender Telecaster was developed by Leo Fender in Fullerton, California, in 1950. It has a 22 fret maple neck with an extended scale size (27"). Squier model Telecasters are sold by Squier, a Fender-owned import brand. For a brief period, Fender offered an American made "Telebration Cabronita" that used two of the TV Jones pickups. Every time I pick it up, it feels like an old friend. Its solid construction let guitarists play loudly as a lead instrument, with long sustain if desired. These design elements intentionally allowed guitarists to emulate steel guitar sounds, as well as "cut-through" and be heard in roadhouse Honky-Tonk and big Western Swing bands, initially making this guitar particularly useful in country music. c. 1954 Fender Champion Lap Steel Guitar in Rare Blue Pearloid Finish! Includes some tags as shown. Paisley praises the Telecaster and even partnered with Fender's 'Artist Signature' series to release a "Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster."[16]. 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The body end requires removal of the neck[4] (the Custom Shop Bajo Sexto Baritone Tele was the only Telecaster featuring a two-octave 24-fret neck). The output jack is mounted on the edge of the lower bout of the guitar. Accessed 24 Sept. 2020. The Triple Tele Deluxe is Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie guitarist John 5's signature model. In March 2012 the American Standard Telecaster was updated with Custom Shop pickups (Broadcaster in the bridge, Twisted in the neck); the body is now contoured for reduced weight and more comfort. The American Deluxe Telecaster (introduced in 1998; upgraded in 2004, 2008, and 2010) features a pair of Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups and the S-1 switching system. Typical modern Telecasters (such as the American Standard version) incorporate several details different from the classic form. GRETSCH 6116T-LTV 125TH ANNIVERSARY ELECTRIC GUITAR & Custom Flight Case PURCHASED NEW 2008 - IMMACULATE CONDITION Currently set up for 11-52 gauge Sperzel string locks fitted Bridge has been pinned - Bigsby is perfect Custom case made by Kinetic Cases Sydney ***Silly lowballers and attempts to communicate over email will be ignored. The styles of music usually utilizing this device on their telecasters were country, and country-rock.[11]. The middle position selected the neck pickup without the treble cut, giving it a fuller sound, and in the third position had both pickups together and activated the tone knob. If you do not see your specific model of Fender® Stratocaster® listed here, or would like additional modifications not available online, speak with one of our master craftsman directly via email at custompickguards@wdmusic.com, or via … The hardware includes two single coil pickups controlled by a three-way selector switch, and one each of volume and tone controls. Models made prior to 2004 featured two Fender Vintage Noiseless Tele single-coils, Fender/Fishman Powerbridge piezo system and four-bolt neck fixing. [通知公告]泉州市教育局关于征求《泉州市减轻中小学教师负担工作方案（征求意见稿）》意见的通告 2021-01-18 [政务公示]泉州市教育局关于泉州市首批中小学名校长补认定名单的公示 2021-02-04 [政务公示]2021年泉州市直公立学校专项公开招聘新任教师入围人员公示（二） 2021-02-03 The versions built in Mexico offered either a solid body or Thinline body, with both featuring two Fender Fidelitron pickups, a volume knob and pickup selector. If you are an avid guitar player, you probably get extensive use out of your guitar and may wear out its strings. The very design of the headstock (inspired by Croatian instruments, according to Leo Fender) followed that simplicity principle : it's very narrow, since it was cut in a single piece of wood (without glued "wings"): nonetheless, that headstock is very effective, as the six strings are kept straight behind the nut, keeping the guitar easily in tune. (10) 10 product ratings - NEW Bigsby Fender "F" B5 Telecaster Tele Modification Vibrato Kit 086-8013-004. There are no official production numbers, but experts estimate that fewer than 500 Nocasters were produced. This is one of the better PRS guitars you'll ever play. The '67 Telecaster made from 2004 to the present day and is a custom shop guitar. ... Master Builder Series 1963 Custom telecaster NOS w/Bigsby Built by Mark Kendrick Black . The long saddle bridge screws allow a wide range of saddle bridge positions for intonation tuning. In 2011, Fender released the Modern Player series, which featured the Modern Player Telecaster Thinline and the Modern Player Telecaster Plus.

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