This guitar probably left the factory around 1975, but it was put together earlier on by Philip Kubicki in Fender’s R&D department. It was likely made around 1971, and finally completed around ’75 as ...

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 marks 75 years of the firm’s most enduring design. If, among the ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There are few instruments more iconic than the Telecaster ...

To hear the impact of Leo Fender and Les Paul on rock n' roll, listen for the distinct sounds of their electric guitars. In the '40s, electric guitars on the market were just acoustic guitars you ...

The Telecaster shape already has aeons of history wrapped up in it, and these gleaming additions rhyme nicely with the brass saddles to create a unique twist. I can see how some would see it as ...