Embraced for its simplicity and adaptability, the Fender® Telecaster® guitar is a musical icon around the world and across musical genres, its distinctive design as beloved today as it was when Leo Fender introduced the guitar to the world in 1951. In Fender Telecaster 75 Years, guitar historian Dave Hunter traces Telecaster® guitars across seven-plus decades, beginning with Leo Fender’s breakthrough design in his modest Fullerton, California, workshop.

This official volume features rare images from the Fender archives, vintage ads, studio photography, and performance shots of legendary Telecaster players including Muddy Waters, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen, and Joe Strummer. A must-have for every guitar enthusiast, Fender Telecaster 75 Years is the definitive illustrated history of the world’s first solidbody electric guitar.