Don't matter what type of guitar you may collect every one can agree on one guitar to add to their collection. A vintage Fender Telecaster is wanted by every collector. How come? Well it was the first solid bodied electric guitar out on the market and its impact on the music industry was fascinating and still seen today.
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 worked on the guitars kinks and updated some features and re-released the guitar later that year and renamed it the Fender Broadcaster. Leo's luck however still was poor. The Gretsch Company would state that Leo violated their copyright of "Broadkaster" drum line and the Broadcaster would have to be renamed.
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.
With the release of the Telecaster the new players not only like the sound, but liked the way that the guitar was put together. It was rather simple to fix. The components were not individually constructed like most guitars at the time, but were mass manufactured. You would think with such a strategy that the performance of the guitar would suffer, but it did not. The Telecaster was sawed and routed from slabs, not hand-carved, necks were bolted and not glued, and the fretboards was a single piece with the neck not separate. Just a few examples of many neat features...
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 worked on the guitars kinks and updated some features and re-released the guitar later that year and renamed it the Fender Broadcaster. Leo's luck however still was poor. The Gretsch Company would state that Leo violated their copyright of "Broadkaster" drum line and the Broadcaster would have to be renamed.
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.
With the release of the Telecaster the new players not only like the sound, but liked the way that the guitar was put together. It was rather simple to fix. The components were not individually constructed like most guitars at the time, but were mass manufactured. You would think with such a strategy that the performance of the guitar would suffer, but it did not. The Telecaster was sawed and routed from slabs, not hand-carved, necks were bolted and not glued, and the fretboards was a single piece with the neck not separate. Just a few examples of many neat features...
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