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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. Earlier versions made before 2003 featured an American Tele single-coil paired with two Texas Special Strat pickups and 5-way switching.
Seymour Duncan. Seymour Duncan is an American company best known for manufacturing guitar and bass pickups. They also manufacture effects pedals which are designed and assembled in United States. Guitarist and luthier Seymour W. Duncan and Cathy Carter Duncan founded the company in 1976, in Santa Barbara, California.
Duncan was also introduced to Jeff Beck during his time at the Fender Soundhouse. Duncan gifted Beck with a "Tele-Gib", a Telecaster with a humbucking pickup reminiscent of a Gibson pickup. The Tele-Gib was a prototype of Duncan's JB model. [5] After his visa expired, Duncan came back to the United States and eventually settled in California. [7]
Yamaha Pacifica is the name of a series of electric guitars manufactured by Yamaha. The line was originally designed in Yamaha's California custom-shop by Rich Lasner, working with guitar builder Leo Knapp. Initially intended by Lasner and Knapp as a test project, Yamaha Japan chose to produce the instruments. Many variants of the Pacifica have ...
In 2010 the Fender Custom Shop released a limited issue of 30 '72 Telecaster Custom relics. While they used some original '72 design features, such as the three-bolt neck and the classic look, these guitars had many more differences from the originals. The body is made of ash and features a belly cut. The neck is one piece maple with a flatter ...
Fender J5 Telecaster. The Fender J5 Telecaster is John 5's signature model Telecaster, and was designed in part by John 5 himself. The prototype built by Fender Custom Shop Artist Relations representative Alex Perez has served as John 5's main guitar since around 2003. [citation needed] The standard features that differentiate John 5's ...
Maus had hand-shaved the body to be contoured like a Stratocaster. This guitar has significant wear and now belongs to pickup designer Seymour Duncan; Beck gave him the guitar as a return favor after Duncan built his famous Tele-Gib guitar for him. [18] Syd Barrett, the original leader of Pink Floyd, was another prominent Esquire player.
Note: In descriptions of pickup configurations, H refers to humbuckers and S refers to single-coils.. The Fender Showmaster initially started as a Custom Shop model. It featured a carved maple top with hand scraped edges and cream binding, a set-neck maple neck (bolt-on on some models), a sleek mahogany body (many Showmaster guitars are made from basswood or alder; later models such as the ...