Are You Ready To Join The Fender Telecaster-Playing Legends?

The 1977 Fender Telecaster is a superb guitar and we are delighted to have it in stock. You might be, too, because to own and play one of these is to be in the very best of company.

Fender Telecasters have been around for a long time, with the very first version appearing in 1950, known as the Esquire then later that year the Broadcaster came in to production. The first one to use the name Telecaster made its debut the following year.  Among those that appeared in the 1970s were the Thinline Telecaster (1968-78), the Telecaster Custom (1972-80) and the Telecaster Deluxe (1973-81).

With Telecasters still being produced today, that is a long line and the 1977 version is just one of many that have graced stages and produced superb sounds down the years. It is no wonder, then, that so many great guitar players have used them when recording or playing gigs.

For example, Mixdown has a list of ten of the most iconic Fender Telecaster players ever, and there are some big names in it.

You can hardly get bigger names than Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Graham Coxon of Blur, Andy Summers from The Police, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, Beatle George Harrison, or Bruce Springsteen.

Springsteen was one of the first big-name users of the Telecaster, buying his in 1952 and using it for half a century. Others started to use them more later, such as George Harrison, who, thanks to a deal between Fender and the Beatles, used a Telecaster extensively in their last couple of albums.

As for Keith Richards, his Telecaster had a double claim to fame, as it was gifted to him by another legend, Eric Clapton.

By getting a vintage Fender Telecaster of your own, you can enjoy making the most of the fantastic musical possibilities it offers. Who knows, if you can play it well enough, perhaps you can join the cast of legends who have played Telecasters so famously down the years.