A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER

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FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, 1958
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER
Bearing the logo Fender / TELECASTER at the headstock, the neckplate is stamped 028346 and the bridge stamped FENDER / PAT. PEND., with later hard-shell tweed case
Length of back 15 7⁄8 in. (40.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Another feature of Rodger's "Tele Phase" in the early and mid-80s. The "brighter, more resonant sound" he achieved with this blonde 1950s Telecaster features on Paul Simon's Think too Much from his 1983 album Hearts and Bones. It may have also been used on Madonna's Material Girl album, released just the next year in 1984.

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