Electric Guitars · Models

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G&L ASAT Classic

Electric guitar

A Telecaster-style electric from G&L, the company Leo Fender founded after Fender. The ASAT Classic uses G&L's Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups in a familiar single-cutaway body, delivering a bright twang with a fuller low end.

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LSL T Bone

The T Bone is LsL Instruments' flagship T-style electric, hand-built in Santa Clarita as a recreation of the best vintage 1950s and 1960s T-style guitars. Each body is hand-detailed with a weather-checked thin nitrocellulose finish and fitted with LsL hand-wound single-coil pickups.

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Fender Telecaster

Electric guitar

Launched in 1950 and renamed the Telecaster in 1951, it was the first commercially successful solid-body electric guitar. Its single-cutaway slab body, bolt-on maple neck, and two single-coil pickups produce a bright, cutting twang that became foundational to country, rock, blues, and pop.

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Novo Serus T

Electric guitar · United States

The Serus T is a Novo Guitars retro-modern solid-body electric guitar handbuilt in Nashville. It features a tempered pine body, a tempered maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, two single-coil pickups (a Fralin high-output Tele in the bridge and a Fralin P-45 in the neck), and a Telecaster-style bridge plate with compensated brass saddles.

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Fender Jazzmaster

Electric guitar

Introduced in 1958 as Fender's flagship, the Jazzmaster has a large offset body, wide flat single-coil pickups, a dual rhythm/lead circuit, and a floating tremolo with a separate bridge. Originally marketed to jazz players, it instead became a cornerstone of surf, then later alternative and indie rock.

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Friedman Vintage-T

United States

The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

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Fender Telecaster Thinline

Electric guitar

A semi-hollow Telecaster introduced in 1968 with a routed body and a single f-hole that reduce weight and add airiness. The original kept two single-coils, while the 1972 Thinline adopted a pair of Fender Wide Range humbuckers for a thicker tone.

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Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster

Electric guitar · United States

A faithful reissue recreating the specifications of the 1952 Telecaster, with an ash body, one-piece maple neck, and a pair of vintage-voiced single-coil pickups through a traditional three-way circuit. It is built for players who want the bright, twangy character and feel of an early-fifties Tele.

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Fender Player II Jazzmaster

Mexico

A Mexican-built Jazzmaster from Fender's Player II line, the 2024 update of the Player series. It delivers the large offset body and classic Jazzmaster voice with modern playability upgrades at an accessible price point.

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Supro Westbury

Electric guitar

A dual-pickup solid-body electric guitar from the American brand Supro, descended from the two-pickup Res-O-Glas designs that paired with the Dual Tone. Reissued in Supro's modern Island Series, the Westbury combines a beveled solidbody and twin vintage-style pickups with the brand's classic art-deco styling cues.

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Yamaha Pacifica 1511MS

Electric guitar · Japan

The signature Pacifica model of jazz-fusion guitarist Mike Stern, modeled on his well-worn Telecaster-style instrument. It features an alder body, a maple neck, and a pair of single-coil pickups voiced for his clean, articulate tone.

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Macmull T-Classic

The T-Classic is Macmull Custom Guitars' T-style model, hand-built in Israel using the brand's high-quality components and hand-wound pickups. It uses Macmull's T-Classic hardtail bridge with the option of top-loading or string-through stringing.

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Macmull Heartbreaker

The Heartbreaker is a Macmull Custom Guitars single-cutaway electric with a bound one-piece alder body, bolt-on hard maple neck and Madagascar rosewood 9.5-inch radius fingerboard with 21 Dunlop 6105 frets. The Heartbreaker Custom variant is fitted with two of Macmull's matched RVT P-90 pickups.

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BilT S.S. Zaftig

The S.S. Zaftig is a BilT Guitars offset, double-cutaway semi-solid electric with a semi-acoustic alder body, a hard-maple neck and bound rosewood fingerboard with 21 vintage-style frets. It is fitted with Lollar Staple P-90 pickups for a distinctive voice.

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Fender Vintera II '50s Jazzmaster

Mexico

A Mexican-built reissue from Fender's Vintera II series that recreates the look and feel of a 1950s Jazzmaster, with vintage-style single-coils, period-correct switching, and an offset body. It offers vintage character at a mid-tier price.

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Fender American Professional II Jazzmaster

United States

A U.S.-built Jazzmaster from Fender's American Professional II series, introduced in 2020. It retains the large offset body, floating tremolo, and rhythm/lead switching of the original while adding a refined neck, rolled fingerboard edges, and V-Mod II single-coil pickups for a more focused modern voice.

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Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster recreates the look and tone of a 1950s Telecaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, two Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SS layout, and a vintage-style string-through-body Telecaster bridge with barrel saddles.

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Squier Affinity Series Telecaster

Electric guitar

The Squier Affinity Series Telecaster is an affordable, lightweight Telecaster, with a thin poplar body, a slim C-shaped maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 frets, two Squier single-coil Telecaster pickups in an SS layout with three-way switching, and a string-through-body bridge.

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G&L ASAT Special

Electric guitar

A T-style sibling to the ASAT Classic, the ASAT Special swaps in two jumbo G&L MFD single-coil pickups with a wide, shallow coil for a fatter, P-90-like voice with punchy lows and sparkling highs. It uses the Leo Fender-designed Saddle-Lock bridge and is often called the quintessential G&L guitar.

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Squier Paranormal Jazzmaster XII

Electric guitar

The Squier Paranormal Jazzmaster XII is a twelve-string electric guitar with the offset Jazzmaster body shape, a poplar body, a graphite-reinforced C-shaped maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 frets, two Fender-Designed alnico single-coil Jazzmaster pickups with three-way switching, and a hybrid string-through-body/top-load bridge with a vintage-inspired hockey-stick twelve-string headstock.

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Squier Telecaster

Electric guitar

Squier's affordable version of the Fender Telecaster, reproducing the single-cutaway body and twin single-coil layout of the original at an entry-level price. It is a popular first guitar for players drawn to the Telecaster's bright twang.

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Nash T-63

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash T-63 is a T-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It features an ash or alder body with a rosewood fingerboard, two single-coil pickups, a hardtail bridge, and a three-ply pickguard, following the classic American single-coil solid-body design.