No, Fender chose a different route for the 75th Anniversary models, and guitars – and bass guitars – marking feel like a contemporary remix of Fender old and new. In the case of the Telecaster, we ...

Leo Fender had a knack for getting things right early on – and for many what we we know as the Telecaster is the ultimate statement in timeless guitar design. The shape was released in 1950 as the one ...

Other features include Custom Shop Josefina Campos Hand-Wound ‘50-’51 Blackguard Tele neck and bridge pickups, and a Sub Sonic 9.5” radius with a “C” shaped neck finished in “Nicotine ...

It rocks an original handwound blackguard Tele bridge pickup, John Page Woodtone ebony saddles and Gotoh miniature tuners. Coming in May for $6,600 is the George Blanda Founders Design Jazzmaster.

As the name implies, the new Tele harks back to the very first blackguard Telecaster that rolled off the line in 1951 – after the now-infamous saga in which Fender renamed its Broadcaster ...

In switch position two, the Acoustasonic Player Telecaster enters lo-fi mode, which gives players access to the pure, unaffected sound of the under-saddle piezo pickup.

Fender made internal modifications and switched to white pickguards after 1954. Serious collectors and players have been chasing original Blackguard Broadcasters and Telecasters for decades.

The two pickups here – Fender’s Acoustasonic Noiseless and Fishman’s Under-Saddle Transducer – do an admirable job delivering electric and piezo acoustic sounds, but they’re not quite as ...