Telecaster players

This is an alphabetized list of famous musicians who have used the Fender Telecaster, Broadcaster or Esquire in live performances or studio recordings. Also included are notes on which songs or albums the artists used a Telecaster on, as well as what type of Telecaster they usually used.

Related Topics:
Fender - Telecaster

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• Syd Barrett
• Roy Buchanan
• Jeff Beck
• Jon Buckland lead guitarist of Coldplay
• Jeff Buckley
• James Burton
• Eric Clapton (briefly, with The Yardbirds)
• Albert Collins
• Steve Cropper Guitarist of Booker T. & the MGs and The Blues Brothers Band
• The Edge of U2 has also begun to use a Telecaster on a regular basis, such as on the album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
• John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers - used on songs such as 'Can't Stop' and 'Easily'
• Danny Gatton
• Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead
• Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders
• John5 of Marilyn Manson (his signature Fender Teles have non-standard headstocks)
• Albert Lee
• Jonny Longrigg lead guitarist of post-rock minnows Peace Burial at Sea
• Brian May (on Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
• Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
• Jimmy Page (on Led Zeppelin's studio recordings and with The Yardbirds)
• Rick Parfitt
• Prince
• Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
• Francis Rossi
• Bruce Springsteen (who uses an Esquire upgraded with a neck pickup)
• Joe Strummer
• Andy Summers of the Police
• Muddy Waters
• Deryck Whibley of Sum 41
• Clarence White of the Byrds, who invented the B-Bender device for the Tele.
• Thom Yorke of Radiohead
• George Harrison
• Tom Verlaine of Television
• East Bay Ray of the Dead Kennedys
• Greg Levine of Deuces Wild
• Michael Houser of Widespread Panic
• Steve Howe of Yes, Tele custom
• Richey James Edwards of Manic Street Preachers, used a Telecaster '72 Thinline