Fender's 10 Most Important Telecasters

[Gearjoneser]

I just found this list of Fender's Ten Terrific Telecasters and thought I'd post it for all the tele fans here. Notice the Jeff Beck/Seymour Duncan Esquire is #6

http://www.fendereurope.com/fenderfiles/TenTerrificTelecasterGuitars.asp

 

[Kamanda~SD]

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fender europe site is the best.

 

[JacksonMIA]

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I just glanced over the list (I'm going back to read it all), and that's an awesome collection. Thanks GJ. I'm not a huge tele fan, but I certainly appreciate a good one. These all belong on that list in the off topic room of famous guitars you'd like to play.

 

[PUCKBOY99]

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SO.........

Of those, which would you want & why?

For me, hands down, George Harrison's "Rosewood".....He was my 1st guitar hero & ever since I saw/heard it in "Let It Be" I fell in love with that Tele.

 

[big_black]

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"There's no reason for my guitar being called Micawber, apart from the fact that it's such an unlikely name. There's no one around me called Micawber, so when I scream for Micawber everyone knows what I'm talking about."

That's awesome. :laugh2:

 

[Guest]

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The number 1 - Prototype

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing GJ.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Should I know who Status Quo is?

 

[bryvincent]

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no Danny Gatton's '53?

 

[Gearjoneser]

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If I had my choice, I'd definitely take Keith Richards Micawber, without a doubt!
Springsteens 52 would be my second choice.

Status Quo???? Must be a Euro thing.

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

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Status Quo???? Must be a Euro thing.

:laugh2:


awesome list!! IMO the JB/SD should be higher(and no, this isnt just because its the SD forum)

 

[Simon_F]

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I'm glad the Status Quo Teles made it into the list.

Quo were one of my favourite bands at the time I started playing guitar back in '74 - I had a big poster of Francis Rossi with his green Tele on my bedroom wall. They made some great unpretentious rock 'n' roll records in the 70s. Like a lot of bands from that era they lost it a bit in the 80s and 90s largely due to the usual rock 'n' roll excesses, but they seem to be back on track more recently, even though Rossi and Parfitt are the only remaining original members. Genuine antique rock 'n' roll geezers.

Anyone vaguely interested should check out their Piledriver album from '72. Did I mention rock 'n' roll?

 

[Robert1950]

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They left off Albert Collins! His SH Telecaster. If you go to any seller's sight, the Albert Collins Signature Telecaster is the most expensive Tele there is.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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This list could be 50 Teles, and it would still leave out some of the popular ones.

 

[The Golden Boy]

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Status Quo's big hit was "Pictures of Matchstick Men." At least it's the only one that comes off the top of my head.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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Quo are an England/Europe thing. To be honest, the only thing I've seen of them was when the opened Live Aid at Wembley in 1984.

Great list. My choice: Burton's paisley. Tell me you didn't see that coming.

Micawber is cool, but to be honest, I'd rather have his black tele custom from the 70s. And I'd REALLY rather have Leo Nocentelli's black tele custom.

 

[Simon_F]

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Status Quo's big hit was "Pictures of Matchstick Men." At least it's the only one that comes off the top of my head.

I think that was their only big hit in America. That's a very wannabe-psychedelic tune from '68, but they ditched that style and reinvented themselves as a bluesy boogie band, and had a lot of big hits in Britain and Europe throughout the 70s and onwards. "Paper Plane", "Caroline", "Break The Rules", "Down Down", "Whatever You Want", "Rain"....... and also a strong cover version of CCR's "Rockin' All Over The World" which they opened Live Aid with.

This is Francis Rossi's account of why they didn't crack America:

"It became apparent that if we really wanted to crack America we would have to devote all our time and energy to it, and I didn't fancy that. I looked at Slade, who had gone to the States for a couple of years, yet got nowhere. By the time they came home again everyone had forgotten about them and it was like starting again. When Quo was faced with the same choice my attitude was: to hell with that, we've got enough success on our plates everywhere else in the world, let's worry about America some other time... Nevertheless, there has been the occasional wistful moment over the years, I now confess, when I've regretted that decision not to pursue American stardom more ardently... Like when I read recently that Bruce Springsteen grossed over $60 million for just ten shows on his last American tour! I doubt we've grossed that much from ticket sales in the past ten years."

Sorry to ramble on, but by coincidence I just finished reading Quo's auto-biography last week.:burnout:

 

[The Golden Boy]

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I loved Jimmy Page during his Telecaster years.

Is anyone else a JP Tele dork?

There are two seperate Telecasters that I identify with that time period. There's the white one that's looking pretty beat by '67, and the "dragon," which looks pretty much butterscotch.

I had a question as well. Did Fender do rosewood fingerboards in '58? I thought that started in '59 with the bound Custom.

 

[Falstaff]

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I'm glad the Status Quo Teles made it into the list.

Quo were one of my favourite bands at the time I started playing guitar back in '74 - I had a big poster of Francis Rossi with his green Tele on my bedroom wall. They made some great unpretentious rock 'n' roll records in the 70s. Like a lot of bands from that era they lost it a bit in the 80s and 90s largely due to the usual rock 'n' roll excesses, but they seem to be back on track more recently, even though Rossi and Parfitt are the only remaining original members. Genuine antique rock 'n' roll geezers.

Anyone vaguely interested should check out their Piledriver album from '72. Did I mention rock 'n' roll?

I had a feeling you'd chime in on the Quo! :laugh2:

I must compliment you on your plastic fantastic lobster telephone, btw.

 

[That90'sGuy]

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Thanks a lot GJ, I've been tempted to purchase a Tele for a while and now it's almost inevitable.

Hate to admit it, but Burton's pink paisley tele is bad*ss

 

[Simon_F]

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I must compliment you on your plastic fantastic lobster telephone, btw.

Why thank you sir.