“I went, ‘You've made a big mistake. The E string on this guitar is worth that!’” How Marty Stuart came to own Clarence White’s iconic B-Bender Telecaster

Clarence White and Marty Stuart.

Marty Stuart, whose guitar prowess spans rockabilly, country, and bluegrass, has revealed how he came to possess Clarence White’s legendary Fender Telecaster.

Away from his work with the Kentucky Colonels and the Byrds, White was a formidable session player, and his 1954 two-tone Sunburst Telecaster was crucial to his success.