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The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the tele / ˈ t ɛ l i /, [1] is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire , it was the world's first mass-produced, commercially successful [ note 1 ] solid-body electric guitar.
The Standard model of the James Burton Telecaster was introduced in 1996 and features a solid alder body finished in Two-Tone-Sunburst or Candy Apple Red with a 1-ply white pickguard. This model was inspired by Burton's third guitar, the 1953 Telecaster that he played on the seminal 1957 recording of "Susie Q" with Dale Hawkins. [5]
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.
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.
Fender California Series electric guitars [1] included both a Stratocaster and Telecaster models produced by Fender in 1997 and 1998. [2] In 1997 Fender described the California Series guitars as "a combined effort by our guitar makers in Corona, California, and Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
In 2011, Fender marketed what it called its "Tele-Bration" year (a portmanteau of Telecaster and Celebration). This was the 60th anniversary of the Telecaster design, which was the original design by Leo Fender and the world's first successful, mass-produced, bolt-on neck guitar.
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