Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's an iconic design and an iconic name. Born in 1950, the Telecaster is the guitar that changed the game for Fender – and 2025 ...

John 5 tells how he first fell in love with the Telecaster, and then decided how to make it a high-performance shred machine ...

John 5 and Fender unveil three new signature Telecaster models, including the Phantom and Ghost, plus a new 'Phantom' song and video ahead of his fall 2026 solo tour.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew Leimkuehler is a music journalist from Nashville, Tennessee. When someone steps on stage to play country music, the first ...

This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party. I arrive in Nashville from Perth after three flights and around ...

The modern day blues king is a Telecaster signature artist and an advocate for its bona-fides as the working player's guitar ...

Few guitars carry more historical weight than the Fender Telecaster. With its compact body and brash, incisive twang, the Telecaster—first introduced by Fender in the 1950s—played a pivotal role in ...

The resonance of a slightly crunched chord played on a Stratocaster's neck pickup.The sharp yet warm cutting sound released ...

Fender has released a whole range of guitars that come set up with quirky, 50s-style "gold foil" pickups – a nod to old-school pups you'd need to dig out of a vintage guitar or go to the aftermarket ...

The Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster is the latest addition to Fender’s new Acoustasonic line of guitars. The company started the Acoustasonic line at a hefty price, but this model scales back a ...

Since attending a Dave Matthews Band concert as a teenager, Jason has been into all things guitar. An Iowa native, Jason has degrees in Music Business from Minnesota State-Mankato and Jazz Pedagogy ...