“I was broke and working in a car wash, and saw an ad in the paper for a ’52 Telecaster. I went to the guy’s place – it turned out to be Norm from Norman’s Rare Guitars”: The Band's Jim Weider on how he bagged his career-defining Fender Telecaster

Jim Weider performs as part of the "Masters of the Telecaster" show at City Winery on February 28, 2016 in New York City.

For Woodstock native Jim Weider, his beloved '52 Fender Telecaster was one of the few stable things in his life – and it would carry him through his career with The Band, after he took on the unenviable task of replacing Robbie Robertson.

Weider had long been a fan of the Telecaster, playing the model since the '60s. However, he was dead set on owning a '52.