Solid Body Electric Guitar Construction
After more than fourty years of production, the Telecaster, inspired by Leo Fender's early Broadcaster guitar, remains an industry standard. A tribute to its creator and the execellence of its simple design.
The straight sided, single cutaway slab body carries the hardware and pickups, and the detachable rock-maple neck is secured by four wood screws. The single-sided headstock allows the strings to run straight over the nut to the machine heads. A string tree is required on the 1st and 2nd strings to provide sufficient angle over the nut.
The strings are threaded from the back and pass through the body over the six individual saddles, allowing height and intonation adjustment for each string. Early Telecasters had only 3 saddles , which led to a compromise on intonation accuracy. The ball-ends of the string rest in six string ferrules in the back of the body. There have been many different types of Telecaster produced, including those with humbucking pickups, temolo arms, and the semi-hollow "thinline body style.
