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Recently, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum featured an exhibit called “Turn it up to 90!” which honored the 90th anniversary of the electric guitar’s Wichita world debut.
Instantly recognizable among the instruments in the exhibit was this Fender Spanish Guitar. At least that was the name of the instrument when it was introduced in 1950. A year later, it received the name that the world knows best today: the Telecaster.
Instantly recognizable among the instruments in the exhibit was this Fender Spanish Guitar. At least that was the name of the instrument when it was introduced in 1950. A year later, it received the name that the world knows best today: the Telecaster.
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The black-guard butterscotch Telecaster is one of my favourite electric guitars, and I'm pretty sure that Keith Richards, Roy Buchannon, Albert Lee and Danny Gatton agree with me on this...
More Guitar-Nerd Trivia: Fender briefly called this guitar the Broadcaster until the Gretsch company pointed out that they had a Broadkaster line of drums. While Leo Fender was confident that he could retain the name if any conflict arose (note the difference in spelling), he renamed it the Telecaster in late 1950 in anticipation of television's popularity.
Until the Fender company could get Telecaster decals made, they simply snipped "Broadcaster" from the old decals and applied them to the headstock. Collectors today often call these ones "nocasters".
Beautiful shot; I've never seen such a clean Fender this old. It looks like it spent decades under someone's bed.
More Guitar-Nerd Trivia: Fender briefly called this guitar the Broadcaster until the Gretsch company pointed out that they had a Broadkaster line of drums. While Leo Fender was confident that he could retain the name if any conflict arose (note the difference in spelling), he renamed it the Telecaster in late 1950 in anticipation of television's popularity.
Until the Fender company could get Telecaster decals made, they simply snipped "Broadcaster" from the old decals and applied them to the headstock. Collectors today often call these ones "nocasters".
Beautiful shot; I've never seen such a clean Fender this old. It looks like it spent decades under someone's bed.
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