“He looks at the way the black finish is cracking, takes the finish off, and there's a Paisley staring at him”: Brad Paisley thought he had bought just another ’60s refin Tele – turns out, there was a $30,000 guitar hidden under the spray paint

Brad Paisley with his Limited Edition “Lost Paisley” Telecaster.

Brad Paisley's soft spot for Paisley Telecasters is no secret. In fact, the country star has recently teamed up with Fender on a signature guitar – the Limited Edition Brad Paisley 1967 “Lost Paisley” Telecaster – that celebrates the Summer of Love-inspired, cult-classic finish originally introduced in the late ’60s, but which quickly fell out of fashion.

However, before Paisley got his own, er, Paisley, the guitarist was on an “Indiana Jones”-style quest to collect and restore as many ’60s Paisley Teles as possible.