“The Telecaster is like the heart and soul of rock and roll music”: Fender celebrates 75 years of the electric guitar that started it all with limited edition collection

The Fender 75th Anniversary Telecaster collection comprises five limited edition models, including an American Professional Custom Telecaster in 2-tone Sunburst, an American Ultra II Telecaster in Liquid Gold, a Vintera Road Worn 1951 Telecaster in Butterscotch Blonde, an American Professional Classic Cabronita, and a Player II Telecaster in Diamond Dust Sparkle.

Where would popular music be without the Fender Telecaster? The world’s first mass-produced electric guitar changed everything, and given that it turns 75 this year, it would be remiss of Fender not to mark the occasion with some limited edition models.

And so, here we go, five 75th Anniversary Telecasters – not to be confused with the 75th Anniversary Telecaster from 2021 that marked the birthday of Fender itself – that present five very different takes on the guitar that became a rock ’n’ roll machine, the ultimate blues guitar, a great – and often underrated – guitar for jazz, for country, indie, you name it. It even makes a good metal guitar. Just ask Jim Root or John 5.