Fender Telecaster Fender launches signature Telecaster pickup set for Jason Isbell Fender pickup guru Tim Shaw took cues from ‘60s Tele and Strat flavors for a “best of both worlds,” vintage-style sound Fender unveils a Susan Tedeschi Telecaster, complete with fat-sounding custom pickups The brand new signature guitar has been closely modeled on the ‘93 Caribbean Mist Tele that features on the cover of Tedeschi's breakthrough album, Just Won’t Burn Robbie Robertson’s heavily modified Telecaster, played by Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, sells for $650,000 The guitar played a pivotal role in Dylan’s storied career, has been played by Eric Clapton, and features on records by Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Ringo Starr Latest Fender Telecaster Best Telecasters 2024: Top-Rated Fender Teles for All Players By Rod Brakes published 5 April 23 Shopping around for a Fender Telecaster? Here’s a list of our top choice Teles from Fender and Squier “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 By Jim Campilongo published 8 March 23 The father of modern Chicago electric blues along with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Otis Span, Tat Harris and others work their mojo on this collection of groundbreaking masterpieces Watch Julian Lage’s Enthralling "Study for Electric Guitar" Solo Performance By Guitar Player Staff published 18 January 23 Video The master of improvisation stretches a Telecaster to its limits Video Save 40% on 40th Anniversary Telecasters in Fender’s Amazing '12 Days of Deals' Sale By Guitar Player Staff last updated 2 December 22 Get $240 off in this fine selection of Vintage Edition commemorative Squiers Dave Keuning’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 November 22 The Killers’ axeman discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet “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 By Mark McStea published 26 October 22 The guitarists discuss their epic ‘Celebrating David Bowie’ show Fender Revisits Their Groundbreaking Solidbody Design With the American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster By Rod Brakes last updated 14 October 22 This much-welcome reissue has all the essential Blackguard ingredients "Your Recorded Music Is Your Legacy": Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Reveal the Guitar Secrets Behind ‘I Am the Moon’ By Mark McStea published 30 September 22 Their expansive quadruple album project explodes with joy, power and positivity “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 By Joe Bosso published 21 September 22 The Florida outfit’s seventh studio album, ‘Planet Zero,' showcases choice digital amp tone “I Knew What I Wanted to Do With Guitars”: Bartees Strange on His Heady New Album, ‘Farm to Table’ By Jim Beaugez published 20 September 22 The rising indie-rock star cooks up a dynamic concoction 1234567Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Joe Bonamassa’s latest Epiphone model revives a long-forgotten colorway and taps into the “sparkle” of P-90s 2The guitar that launched the Beatles is going to the auction block. Here's what George Harrison said about it.3Brian Setzer played Eddie Cochran's guitar just as he left it in 1960: "He was way ahead of his time with how he strung it."4Martin's new O’ahu HG-28 is a game-changing hybrid that pays tribute to the steel-string's Hawaiian heritage5Tom Petty shared his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview
Best Telecasters 2024: Top-Rated Fender Teles for All Players By Rod Brakes published 5 April 23 Shopping around for a Fender Telecaster? Here’s a list of our top choice Teles from Fender and Squier
“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 By Jim Campilongo published 8 March 23 The father of modern Chicago electric blues along with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Otis Span, Tat Harris and others work their mojo on this collection of groundbreaking masterpieces
Watch Julian Lage’s Enthralling "Study for Electric Guitar" Solo Performance By Guitar Player Staff published 18 January 23 Video The master of improvisation stretches a Telecaster to its limits
Save 40% on 40th Anniversary Telecasters in Fender’s Amazing '12 Days of Deals' Sale By Guitar Player Staff last updated 2 December 22 Get $240 off in this fine selection of Vintage Edition commemorative Squiers
Dave Keuning’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks By Vinnie DeMasi published 22 November 22 The Killers’ axeman discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet
“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 By Mark McStea published 26 October 22 The guitarists discuss their epic ‘Celebrating David Bowie’ show
Fender Revisits Their Groundbreaking Solidbody Design With the American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster By Rod Brakes last updated 14 October 22 This much-welcome reissue has all the essential Blackguard ingredients
"Your Recorded Music Is Your Legacy": Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Reveal the Guitar Secrets Behind ‘I Am the Moon’ By Mark McStea published 30 September 22 Their expansive quadruple album project explodes with joy, power and positivity
“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 By Joe Bosso published 21 September 22 The Florida outfit’s seventh studio album, ‘Planet Zero,' showcases choice digital amp tone
“I Knew What I Wanted to Do With Guitars”: Bartees Strange on His Heady New Album, ‘Farm to Table’ By Jim Beaugez published 20 September 22 The rising indie-rock star cooks up a dynamic concoction
