A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY,...
A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, 1967 AND LATER
The decal logo Fender / TELECASTER / PAT. 2,573,254 3,143,028 applied at the headstock, the neckplate with Fender 'F' logo and stamped 205962, the neck foot stamped 3 SEP 67 B, the body of ash, the maple neck with East Indian rosewood fingerboard and pearloid dot inlay, of black finish, fitted with two Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups, the reverse of the body with the illegible remains of a signed inscription by Patti Smith, together with a hardshell case
Length of body: 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)
Provenance
J. Matera, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, February 2003, pp. 34-36.
J. Horsley, ‘Johnny Marr: “The first time I ever used a Tele was the day I recorded This Charming Man”’, Total Guitar, April 2021, p. 34.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 118-121.
Literature
REFERENCES:
M. Dax, ‘From the Vaults: An interview with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr’, Electronic Beats, interview conducted 1996, published 6 January 2014. https://www.electronicbeats.net/from-the-vaults-an-interview-with-bernard-sumner-and-johnny-marr.
H. Yates, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, October 2010, pp. 28-33.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016, pp. 268-269.
J. Horsley, ‘Johnny Marr: “I like synths but they don’t come anywhere near the fun you can have with a guitar, in every aspect”’, Music Radar, 1 April 2022. https://www.musicradar.com/news/johnny-marr-fever-dreams-interview.
A COMPOSITE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, TELECASTER
FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, 1967 AND LATER
The decal logo Fender / TELECASTER / PAT. 2,573,254 3,143,028 applied at the headstock, the neckplate with Fender 'F' logo and stamped 205962, the neck foot stamped 3 SEP 67 B, the body of ash, the maple neck with East Indian rosewood fingerboard and pearloid dot inlay, of black finish, fitted with two Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups, the reverse of the body with the illegible remains of a signed inscription by Patti Smith, together with a hardshell case
Length of body: 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)
Provenance
J. Matera, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, February 2003, pp. 34-36.
J. Horsley, ‘Johnny Marr: “The first time I ever used a Tele was the day I recorded This Charming Man”’, Total Guitar, April 2021, p. 34.
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 118-121.
Literature
REFERENCES:
M. Dax, ‘From the Vaults: An interview with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr’, Electronic Beats, interview conducted 1996, published 6 January 2014. https://www.electronicbeats.net/from-the-vaults-an-interview-with-bernard-sumner-and-johnny-marr.
H. Yates, ‘Johnny Marr’, Total Guitar, October 2010, pp. 28-33.
J. Marr, Set The Boy Free, Century, London, 2016, pp. 268-269.
J. Horsley, ‘Johnny Marr: “I like synths but they don’t come anywhere near the fun you can have with a guitar, in every aspect”’, Music Radar, 1 April 2022. https://www.musicradar.com/news/johnny-marr-fever-dreams-interview.
