1995 Fender Telecaster Plus

As early as 1950, Fender became the first company to successfully market solidbody electric guitars. Since then, the two-pickup, single-cutaway Telecaster has remained a simple, yet effective design that delivers versatile tones. There's a reason why players of all genres gravitate towards the Telecaster—its tone is transparent, dynamic, and straightforward. It seems to do everything well. The Telecaster Plus rolled out in 1989, and it brought cutting-edge Lace Sensor pickups to the time-honored Tele design. It features the classic single-cutaway made from Alder instead of Ash, and while it resembles the original design, it has different hardware such as a six-saddle, strat-like bridge. In the neck position, the Tele Plus has a Lace Sensor Blue, and in the bridge position, it has a "Dually" humbucker, which is two Lace Sensor Red pickups paired to function as one. At the time, Lace Sensors were all the rage. As a true single coil pickup, the Lace Sensor design retains a lot of the dyn