“They looked at me like they had seen a ghost. They were like, ‘We’ve got to make this for people’”: Brad Paisley’s new signature Telecaster is based on a vintage gem so rare Fender couldn’t believe he had one

Brad Paisley.

When Fender approached celebrated country star and Telecaster aficionado Brad Paisley about making a signature guitar, he was able to bring a long-forgotten, left-field vintage design to the table – and it caught the Big F completely off guard.

After some pretty tireless work behind the scenes, the Limited Edition “Lost Paisley” Telecaster was launched earlier this month, and it revives an extremely short-lived paisley finish from 1968.