<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Fender-telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/fender-telecaster Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:36:10 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘You S.O.B., you got to me on that Telecaster. You got that so cheap.’” Vince Gill on how he found the instrument he calls “the definitive guitar in my life” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/vince-gill-on-the-fender-telecaster-that-s-the-definitive-guitar-in-my-life 4HaVniGeiVBj4veAmQCfPN Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:36:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The day Sammy and I got hitched, she gave me a present.” How Zach Bryan got Bob Weir‘s Fender Telecaster just days before the Grateful Dead legend’s passing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/zach-bryans-wedding-gift Jm6uWkWYbTJhNZkBBqSAN8 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:39:29 +0000 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:04:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don’t like collector's items. I said, ‘Give me the blue one.’" Chrissie Hynde reveals the origins of the 1965 Fender Telecaster she's played since the dawn of the 1980s ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/chrissie-hynde-on-the-origins-of-her-ice-blue-tele zykdDp6PkKXv5Jsbk6ysaG Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:04:24 +0000 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:05:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Think all 1970s Fenders suck? Seth Lover helped create a Telecaster range that remains one of the decade's shining moments ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/history-of-fender-telecaster-thinline-and-wide-range-humbucker 2LDGMsqiwctvhaK9zaurmV Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:06:10 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you're playing with a flatpick full-time, you're only half playing the guitar.” Rory Gallagher delivers a master class in blues in Guitar Player’s 1978 interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rory-gallagher-talks-the-blues-in-a-1978-Guitar-Player-cover-story Rh9mcX3j7duEVojS9AY3EW Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:08:25 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He'd been given the guitar for his 16th birthday and obviously didn't want it. I took one look and said, ‘Thanks, I'll have it!’ " Phil Manzanera on his Roxy Music Firebird, "Love Is the Drug" 1951 Tele and other favorite guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/phil-manzanera-essential-guitars 5s8CufcvefHr3uPffQRxBC Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:31:11 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:11:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The structural integrity is pretty amazing for cardboard. You can totally rock it.” Robby Krieger plays slide guitar on the world’s first cardboard Telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/robby-krieger-cardboard-fender-telecaster DNPDpdBpEFvBaMM6CKoezQ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:29:05 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Twang, sparkle, and fire, with classic fat Tele tones ”: Fender launches signature Telecaster pickup set for Jason Isbell ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/fender-telecaster-jason-isbell-siganture-pickups s8nWGwB2gnxx85EBqHSJyT Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:26:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's very different to a lot of Teles... There's something about it that just works for everything”: Fender unveils a Susan Tedeschi Telecaster, complete with fat-sounding custom pickups ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/fender-susan-tedeschi-telecaster-launch hrjbetWT9zksCjqDH5MJSZ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:21:30 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:23:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob Dylan went electric, this Telecaster was one of his most crucial weapons”: Robbie Robertson’s heavily modified Telecaster, played by Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, sells for $650,000 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/bob-dylan-robbie-robertson-telecaster-auction Qhn7TfgVWFa9y3JMLMzRs4 Thu, 30 May 2024 19:29:41 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s the sound of the Stones: a five-string with a six-string on top. Guitars are amazing things – you can make an orchestra out of them…” Keith Richards on life without Charlie, The Beatles and the Stones, and new album Hackney Diamonds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/keith-richards-interview-2023 G6fizcMMN5xrZFR8dk3nVB Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:55:57 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Your Best Song Is Always yet to Come”: Telecaster Master James Burton Names Five Career-Defining Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/james-burton-career-defining-tracks-elvis-presley-ricky-nelson-dale-hawkins mttFj8FVgcM3GxFPnzPQ47 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:12:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Nobody Cares About Your Amazing Technique but You”: These Brutally Honest Tips for Musicians From David Bowie and Iggy Pop Guitarist Kevin Armstrong Are Some of the Best We’ve Ever Heard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/kevin-armstrong-absolute-beginner-tips-for-musicians-guitar-rig-interview pxGrYhn7dcFVaQNo7PhgKb Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:47:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Concept Is Simple: Plug a Great Guitar Into a Great Amp, and Don’t Let Anything Get in Between”: Billy Squier Explains How He Honed His Tone on Five Classic Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/Billy-Squier-Five-Songs xY52ubMXEPaGNSrhrrKzE6 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/1951-Fender-Telecaster-Bigsby-Sunburst-David-Davidson-Well-Strung-Guitars X3PzzpeqypEdVVxLHW4MYU Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:08:54 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Howe Reveals the Awesome Guitars Used on Yes’s Expansive New Album, ‘Mirror to the Sky’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/Steve-Howe-Mirror-to-the-Sky-guitars Fve6dvN5YaCscqSnMU3ZbD Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-early-years gAuaBGHCUCnTxtkeNm4C4a Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:27:59 +0000 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:30:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Best Telecasters: top-rated Fender & Squier Tele's for all players ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/best-telecasters zztBzTvtdFZeZURUhLYJBY Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:20:17 +0000 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:47:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s so Raw, It’s Bloody”: Jim Campilongo Explains Why Muddy Waters’ Chess Blues Masters Series Album Is His Undisputed Desert Island Blues Disc ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/its-so-raw-its-bloody-jim-campilongo-explains-why-muddy-waters-chess-blues-masters-series-album-is-his-undisputed-desert-island-blues-disc FQqJqNiyH9YFTAxprMY48S Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:55:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Julian Lage’s Enthralling "Study for Electric Guitar" Solo Performance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-julian-lages-enthralling-study-for-electric-guitar-solo-performance g4EohzYUMFq8iBxgNib5bj Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:20:57 +0000 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:32:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear John Frusciante’s Fender Telecaster 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https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-remember-hearing-heroes-for-the-first-time-18-months-later-i-was-playing-it-live-with-david-adrian-belew-todd-rundgren-and-scrote-salute-david-bowie dfr3MoR3uxJgJ7Q6PcQwpQ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:17:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender Revisits Their Groundbreaking Solidbody Design With the American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/fender-revisits-their-groundbreaking-solidbody-design-with-the-american-vintage-ii-1951-telecaster WcHTJJer5muGL57R9Jj6Ai Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:29:12 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Save $200 on These Fender Telecasters ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/save-dollar200-on-these-fender-telecasters qzaCnZNiJmHT2orUz7Rg4D Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:45:09 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Your Recorded Music Is Your Legacy": Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Reveal the Guitar Secrets Behind ‘I Am the Moon’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/your-recorded-music-is-your-legacy-derek-trucks-and-susan-tedeschi-reveal-the-guitar-secrets-behind-i-am-the-moon UoSd9r6h6SnLhoRw3gAacP Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:49:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Finally, We Went Back to the Guitars I Played on the Demo, Which Went Through a Kemper Profiler”: Zach Myers Does More With Less on Shinedown’s Latest ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/finally-we-went-back-to-the-guitars-i-played-on-the-demo-which-went-through-a-kemper-profiler-zach-myers-does-more-with-less-on-shinedowns-latest E6mMaGBET29Dmt6LRSWFMm Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:48:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Knew What I Wanted to Do With Guitars”: Bartees Strange on His Heady New Album, ‘Farm to Table’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-knew-what-i-wanted-to-do-with-guitars-bartees-strange-on-his-heady-new-album-farm-to-table MfR2obJcWswwBk5H6kxKn7 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:10:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/heres-how-to-replicate-the-magic-of-the-blues-greats dZGan2rQgAiJ2p3rmJwPQC Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:45:02 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/rory-gallaghers-school-of-blues zHbJbiA2VX6H84bxVH2tyB Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:44:25 +0000 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:42:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 of Jack White’s Coolest Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/5-of-jack-whites-coolest-guitars f97z45udcxNaS5GpnDG93F Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:34:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We Didn’t Sound Like Anybody Else”: Andy Summers Talks Five Career-Defining Songs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/we-didnt-sound-like-anybody-else-andy-summers-talks-five-career-defining-songs 6fVWfEQkfwWbTD62Zq4M3D Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:22:30 +0000 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It Sounded So Live, So Electric”: Albert Lee Talks Telecasters ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/it-sounded-so-live-so-electric-albert-lee-talks-telecasters 5qn45MJjj396SQAt6FJJ2h Fri, 20 May 2022 12:07:01 +0000 Fri, 20 May 2022 15:38:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five of Roy Buchanan’s Best Tips for Guitar Players ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-of-roy-buchanans-best-tips-for-guitar-players MyKE8MjxsgjFxFnzTYByb Thu, 05 May 2022 17:46:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m Sick of All of the Existential, Post-Apocalyptic Doom”: Rick Holmstrom Reacts to the Current Crazy with ‘Get It!’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/im-sick-of-all-of-the-existential-post-apocalyptic-doom-rick-holmstrom-reacts-to-the-current-crazy-with-get-it V6UNUzJfaSY7RkhXjvE8MF Wed, 04 May 2022 17:25:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spoon’s Britt Daniel Reveals How ZZ Top and Their Native Austin, Texas Inspired the Group’s Latest Album, ‘Lucifer on the Sofa’ ]]> 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https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/we-started-to-make-our-act-aggressive-watch-pete-townshend-attack-his-marshall-in-footage-from-lost-1966-interview yJ4BUHA9pmt6RLuujFJXjB Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:24:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ When Is a Telecaster Not a Telecaster? 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