Fender Reclaimed Redwood Telecaster

The guitars I’m posting wouldn’t be complete unless I included my first and favorite electric guitar, a 2011 “Telebration Series” reclaimed redwood Telecaster.  It was one of twelve guitars, each celebrating a month in the 60th anniversary of this iconic guitar. There are just two other such icons of the guitar world, the Fender Stratocaster and Gibson’s venerated Les Paul. All three made their debut in the early 1950’s, and all three have successfully been around ever since.

We’ve all seen our guitar heroes wielding at least one of them, but in the course of their respective careers it’s likely that every one of them played all three.  My personal favorite is the Telecaster which is typically lighter weight and of simpler design. As you’ve probably heard many people say. Leo Fender got it right from the beginning.  This is akin to a Ford Fairlane or Chevy Bel Air, with only slight modifications, continuing to be manufactured and lovingly driven today.

The link is about my personal experiences with my favorite guitar.  Included are a number of photographs of the guitar taken from every conceivable angle. I feel what can only be described as a magnetic pull in my relationship with this guitar. While some would argue that there are more beautiful guitars on the market today, including the Stratocaster and Les Paul, but the rudimentary and rustic aesthetic calls to me even while I’m playing one of my racier makes or models. There’s also something truly unique and pleasing to the ear when captaining a Telecaster.  It is a clear and resonant tone, one reminiscent of a simple slab of wood, a maple neck (offered with or without a redwood fingerboard…I prefer maple), single coil pickups, and a longer 25 1/2 inch scale. Plugged into a quality tube amp and played with just a handful of analog pedals, and a Telecaster is capable of playing across multiple genres like blues, blues rock, country, and rock, along with myriad playing styles. There is no single guitar that has captured the hearts and minds of so many guitarists over its now seventy-plus year reign.

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General: Retired engineering professional who enjoys outdoor sports and activities, fitness, technology, nature, my three wonderful dogs and beautiful wife. Most mornings, you will find me writing, while evenings are reserved for playing guitar. On Writing: I have had a lifelong interest in writing, but, because of competing interests (other than the vast amounts of technical writing I did for my career in engineering project management), I simply never found the time to take on yet one more time and energy intensive activity. For me. it would have to wait until I retired from my demanding career and, even then for another ten years while I was working a few other important demands to some satisfactory end. I have spent countless hours travelling around and through the wild spaces of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah, exploring such places while running, backpacking, mountain and road cycling, archery hunting, fly-fishing, alpine and backcountry skiing. Each trip, whether it was for an afternoon run with my dogs or a full month camped in the high county in pursuit of elk during archery season, was an adventure out of the world of my fellow man and into the natural world which couldn't be anymore different. It is from these experiences, along with things I took interest in during everyday life, that created the memories I write about today. My writing is rather eclectic because I'm a hugely curious person with an insatiable hunger for knowledge on too many fronts to imagine. You never know what you'll find in your next visit to my site, so I like to think that there's a little something here for everyone. Thank you for visiting. If you find enjoyment in reading any of my stories, please leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by! Eric S. Stone View all posts by ESS