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Jonathan Horsley

Bush’s Chris Traynor got the Fender Custom Shop to make him a baritone version of Keith Richards’ Micawber Telecaster

Chris Traynor of Bush, playing his 1968 reissue Gibson Les Paul Custom, with his Custom Shop Micawber baritone inset

Chris Traynor of Bush has been showing off his live rig for the band’s current US tour, and among the electric guitar treasures onboard is a special replica of Keith Richard’s famous number one Telecaster, aka Micawber, that Traynor had the Fender Custom Shop make for him. Except there’s a twist – Traynor’s Micawber is a baritone.

Richards, arguably the most high-profile Tele modder of all time, would surely approve of this reinterpretation of his favorite instrument as a baritone guitar. As Traynor explains to Premier Guitar in a Rig Rundown segment, there are so many guitars on tour these days because there are so many different tunings. 

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