Fender Rosewood Telecaster | ATB TV Origins

Welcome to "Origins" on ATB TV, a brand new series in which we delve into the history of various guitar related things... This week, we explore the fascinating history of the Rosewood Telecaster from Fender.

Presented by: Dafydd Owens - @dafyddowensguitar

Signal Chain: Guitar into a Palmer amp switcher, going to a LazyJ J10 and 1966 Fender Deluxe Reverb. LazyJ J10 mic'd with a Shure SM57 Unidyne III and a Royer R-121, Fender Deluxe Reverb mic'd with a Shure SM57 and a Royer R-121, into a Universal Apollo x8p using Neve 1073 Unison mic pre's and into Logic. Mixed with UAD Plugins.

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Background music: "Portugal" by Lewis & Dav

[hiramabiff]

I was at a guitar show in 1991. On my way out I saw a rosewood Telecaster and I love rosewood so I asked the seller how much he wanted for it. He said he thought it was a fake because of the headstock but he sold it to me for $625.00. Turns out it was not a fake and was made in 1968 according to Phil Kubicki (RIP) who looked at detailed photos of it. I had absolutely no clue what I bought, I just loved the look. Dumb ass good luck. The sound through my VOX AC 30 is insane.

[steveturner]

Nice demo. My ears preferred the maple neck but my eyes covetted that rosewood tele...