Guitar collections seem incomplete until they have a vintage Fender Telecaster. Reason being is because it was the first popular solid body guitar produced. There were a lot of attempts before it, but none of them caught the success of the Telecaster. It would set the stage for a new era of guitars.
It took Leo Fender around 17 years of experimentation to produce the better known as "Tele". The first prototype name of the Telecaster was the Esquire. The Esquire entered the scene in 1950 and had a short life span. Only around 50 guitars were manufactured and distributed then recalled due to manufacturing errors. This however did not discourage Leo.
He updated the guitars features and re-released it later that year and renamed it the Fender Broadcaster. Once again luck would not be on Leo's side and the Gretsch Company would complain Leo violating their copy righted "Broadkaster" line of drums.
This didn't bother Leo and with third times a charm renamed his guitar the Fender Telecaster. Now you may be wondering why the "Telecaster" or "Tele", well he named his guitar after the growing popular new medium the television. The guitar not only set new standards, but it started a new wave of music. The unpopular solid bodied electric guitar was now popular. Leo had changed music history.
The Fender Telecaster for its time had remarkable craftsmanship and was an ease to fix when broken. The components were not constructed individually like most of the guitars of the time, but were mass manufactured. Most would thing that this would decrease the performance of the guitar, but this wasn't the case. The Telecaster was sawed and routed from slabs, not hand-carved, the necks were bolted on not glued, and the fretboards were imbedded not separate from the neck. Theses are just a few examples of many at the simplicity of production and repair... - 30404
It took Leo Fender around 17 years of experimentation to produce the better known as "Tele". The first prototype name of the Telecaster was the Esquire. The Esquire entered the scene in 1950 and had a short life span. Only around 50 guitars were manufactured and distributed then recalled due to manufacturing errors. This however did not discourage Leo.
He updated the guitars features and re-released it later that year and renamed it the Fender Broadcaster. Once again luck would not be on Leo's side and the Gretsch Company would complain Leo violating their copy righted "Broadkaster" line of drums.
This didn't bother Leo and with third times a charm renamed his guitar the Fender Telecaster. Now you may be wondering why the "Telecaster" or "Tele", well he named his guitar after the growing popular new medium the television. The guitar not only set new standards, but it started a new wave of music. The unpopular solid bodied electric guitar was now popular. Leo had changed music history.
The Fender Telecaster for its time had remarkable craftsmanship and was an ease to fix when broken. The components were not constructed individually like most of the guitars of the time, but were mass manufactured. Most would thing that this would decrease the performance of the guitar, but this wasn't the case. The Telecaster was sawed and routed from slabs, not hand-carved, the necks were bolted on not glued, and the fretboards were imbedded not separate from the neck. Theses are just a few examples of many at the simplicity of production and repair... - 30404
