“It was the closest I’ll ever get to Indiana Jones. You find this artifact and you’re scraping away until it’s the dinosaur bone showing”: The story of Brad Paisley’s Lost Telecaster – the ‘hippie vomit’ reject that became one of Fender’s rarest finds

Brad Paisley Lost Paisley Telecaster.

Paisley Telecasters are renowned as psychedelic ‘60s relics played by everyone from Elvis’ James Burton to Oasis’ Noel Gallagher en route to cult status.

Brad Paisley’s bond with the once-divisive Fender finish is perhaps the ultimate example of guitar-based nominative determinism. It’s no surprise then that his personal contribution to the technicolor Tele’s lore – the recently-released Lost Paisley – has been a labor of love born through an out-and-out devotion to the Telecaster.