Fender Artist Series Joe Strummer Telecaster Electric Guitar

Equal parts tribute and roadworthy rocker.

From Fender®'s Artist Series, this Telecaster features an alder body with a maple "C" shape neck, rosewood fingerboard and 2 vintage style single coil Tele® pickups with alnico magnets.

Designed in cooperation with the Strummer estate, the Joe Strummer electric guitar has a highly distressed "road worn" treatment that duplicates the original's worn to the wood layers of gray auto primer and flat black spray paint. It also features a "Revolution Rock" engraved neckplate and a limited edition art customization kit that includes Strummer inspired stencils, stickers and graphics by designer Shepard Fairey.

Strummer was, of course, the Clash's articulate and fiery co founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer; he later founded, recorded and toured with the Mescaleros. All his life, he vigorously championed individuality, self expression and change tenets often reflected in the constantly altered look of his favorite instrument his Telecaster (currently on display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland), an otherwise standard '60s era model with all the original parts and specifications.

When Strummer bought it in 1975 for £120, the guitar had a Three color Sunburst finish. He was having none of that, of course, but his improvised DIY gray and black "finishes" deteriorated quickly, giving the Telecaster its distinctive look. Like Strummer's music, the battered electric guitar changed constantly plastered as it was with stencils, stickers and new paint jobs through the many stages of Strummer's life and career.

To celebrate Strummer's fierce sense of individuality, Fender and acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey collaborated on the new guitar's limited edition Joe Strummer Telecaster customization kit, which includes stencils and stickers inspired by the custom designs Strummer decorated many of his instruments with. The kit comes in a classic 12" album cover featuring graphics by Fairey and photography by Bob Gruen and will accompany the first 1,500 guitars.

The legacy of Joe Strummer (1952 2002) continues to live on, grow louder and shake up the establishment with the release of the Joe Strummer Telecaster, modeled after the beat up and battle hardened '66 Tele® he wielded as leader of "the only band that matters" seminal Brit punk commando unit the Clash.

Fender Artist Series Joe Strummer Telecaster Electric Guitar Features:

• Body: Alder
• Neck: Maple, "C" Shape (Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25" Radius (184mm)
• Frets: 21 Vintage Style Frets
• Pickups: 2 Vintage Style Single Coil Tele® Pickups with alnico Magnets (Neck & Bridge)
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
  
  Pickup Switching: 3 Position Blade:
• Position 1. Bridge Pickup
• Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
• Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Bridge: Vintage Style 3 Saddle Strings Thru Body Tele Bridge
• Machine Heads: Fender®/Ping® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
• Hardware: Distressed Chrome
• Pickguard: 3 Ply Mint Green
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Width at Nut: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Unique Features: Revolution Rock Neckplate, Road Worn Finish, Art Customization Kit (First 1500 Units Only)
• Kit Contains: Joe Strummer 12" Album Cover, Art Print, Stencil Sheet, Sticker Sheet, Template, Instructions and Bio.
• Strings: Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
• Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
• p/n 073 0250 006

Fender Artist Series Joe Strummer Telecaster Electric Guitar Includes:

• Deluxe Black Hardshell Case

Order this unique Tele and Rock the Casbah or wherever your music takes you.