Telecaster

This new 75th Anniversary Telecaster features a genuine Fender first – and it could change the face of Teles to come

By Michael Astley-Brown published 20 March 26

The Fastlane humbucker is Fender’s first-ever in-house rail humbucker – and you should expect to see a lot more of it…

Charvel launches the Standard Series with a $599 Tele that promises to play like a pro

By Phil Weller published 18 March 26

All the playability of a San Dimas at a slice of the price is big news for the budget guitar market

Fender celebrates 75 years of the Telecaster with 5 new models – including the return of a cult classic and some Tele firsts

By Phil Weller published 17 March 26

From a 1951 Road Worn edition to the Big F’s first-ever dual rail humbucker, vintage and modern come together for a T-shaped birthday party

Fender’s John Osborne Telecaster brings the B-Bender back to its ranks for the first time in over 20 years

By Matt Owen published 10 March 26

Fender’s first-ever in-house B-Bender mechanism makes its debut on one of the firm’s most eye-popping Telecasters

Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster

By Phil Weller published 9 March 26

Bloomfield famously used the Telecaster before its brutal cutaway mod when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival – and now it’s been remade in all its grisly glory

Why Myles Kennedy felt uneasy using Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster to play Hallelujah

By Phil Weller published 9 March 26

Kennedy played Buckley’s iconic 'Grace' Tele for a special tribute performance of Hallelujah in 2019

Why the Fender Telecaster is Sheryl Crow's long-time guitar “sidekick”

By Janelle Borg published 24 February 26

The celebrated singer-songwriter says she can “play the heck out of my piano” but gravitated toward the Tele due to the staying power of a great guitar riff

The main problems with Telecasters, according to Paul Reed Smith

By Phil Weller published 16 February 26

PRS has a few T-types in its catalog – and building them allowed Paul Reed Smith to address the biggest issues he had with the classic guitar

Andy Summers was skeptical of Telecasters at first – until he found one that would become one of his main Police guitars

By Phil Weller published 11 February 26

The Strat-lover’s head was eventually turned by a modded Tele that ended up becoming one of his go-to guitars

Steve Morse says the music school jazz snobs were not impressed by his choice of guitar

By Jonathan Horsley published 6 February 26

After flunking the audition simply because of his guitar choice, Morse could have turned deep purple with rage – but it was the making of him