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The Fender Telecaster Thinline is a semi-hollow guitar made by the Fender company. It is a Telecaster with body cavities. Designed by German luthier Roger Rossmeisl in 1968, [1] it was introduced in 1969 and updated in 1972 by replacing the standard Telecaster pickups with a pair of Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups, bullet truss-rod and 3-bolt neck.
Leo Fender's Telecaster was the design that made bolt-on neck, solid body guitars viable in the marketplace. [ 3 ] Fender had an electronics repair shop called Fender's Radio Service where he first repaired, then designed, amplifiers and electromagnetic pickups for musicians—chiefly players of electric semi-acoustic guitars , electric ...
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Capacitors used in electric guitars are differentiated by the following electrical characteristics: Capacitance – the amount of electrical energy the capacitor can store. Capacitors used for the tone circuit are usually in the 10–50 nF range, [ 13 ] while treble bleed caps are smaller, usually 1–2 nF.
The '51's signature features were all retained, including the Telecaster neck and headstock style, the Stratocaster body shape, and the original Precision Bass pickguard and control plate, humbucking bridge and single coil neck pickups, as well as the rotary pickup selector, single volume control with push-pull coil-tap switch, and absent tone ...
James Burton - Live in Concert with his current Upgrade model Telecaster . The original Upgrade was introduced in 1991 and had a poplar body, three Lace Sensor pickups (models Blue at the neck, Silver in the middle and Red at the bridge) and a treble/bass expander (TBX) tone control. The TBX was a dual function stacked potentiometer tone control.
In 1958, Fender sought to add a more ornate version of the Telecaster to its lineup. To that end, the brand added binding to the body, while offering a sunburst finish and rosewood fretboard as options, while otherwise maintaining the original's core design. Fender debuted their new guitar model as the "Telecaster Custom" at the 1959 NAMM ...
However, his most iconic guitar is the Mojo Chessmaster, a lefty Telecaster with a custom body built for him by Chris Cush of the Mojo guitar shop. [31] The Chessmaster (named by Flansburgh for its resemblance to a rook) has appeared in promotional images and music videos for the band from the early 90s up to 2018.