Rock and Roll 

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        The Fender Telecaster is widely known as the first successful wooden solid-body guitar to be mass produced. It has earned its creator Leo Fender a place in music history for the work he did on the Fender Telecaster. The first Telecaster prototype was built in 1948 and was first named the Broadcaster. The name had to be changed however because the name was already used by a popular line of drums. The name was changed shortly after that. The Fender Esquire was just a single pick-up Telecaster and was introduced in 1952 by Fender, four years after the release of the Telecaster. The original Fender Esquire had two pick-ups and evolved into the Broadcaster but was then the name was re-used for the single pick-up model.

        One famous user of the Fender Telecaster is Bruce Springsteen who uses a Telecaster that is completely rebuilt and has a couple of humbucking pick-ups added to it also. The Telecaster has been in production since its intorduction fifty years ago and is the longest-lived electric guitar model. The Fender Telecaster is manufactured in two locations: The US Custom Shop which manufactures the top of the line professional equipment, Japan which manufactures the basic, off the rack Fenders. It remains as one of the premier guitars on the market today.