Guitar Guys...

[Canon Shooter]

I'm pretty sure there are a few guitar guys on the forum, so I'm throwing this out there.

With Fender electric guitars, the model name (Jazzmaster, Stratocaster, Duo-Sonic) are always featured on the headstock under or near the Fender logo:

I got an e-mail today which talked about the Joe Strummer Telecaster, and it dawned on me that Telecasters are the only Fender model to have quotation marks around the model name:

Any thoughts on why this is? I spoke to an old friend of mine who works at Fender and he said he'd never even noticed it before...

 

[westwall]

I'm pretty sure there are a few guitar guys on the forum, so I'm throwing this out there.

With Fender electric guitars, the model name (Jazzmaster, Stratocaster, Duo-Sonic) are always featured on the headstock under or near the Fender logo:

I got an e-mail today which talked about the Joe Strummer Telecaster, and it dawned on me that Telecasters are the only Fender model to have quotation marks around the model name:

Any thoughts on why this is? I spoke to an old friend of mine who works at Fender and he said he'd never even noticed it before...

A question that has been wondered about for a long time.

Why ''Telecaster'' on headstock ?

I don't know if you have noticed the difference between the way ''Telecaster'' and Stratocaster are written on your regular American Series and American Standard headstock? the quotation marks for Telecaster and not for Stratocaster. Is it because, to Leo, the Telecaster would always be the...

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[Canon Shooter]

A question that has been wondered about for a long time.

Why ''Telecaster'' on headstock ?

I don't know if you have noticed the difference between the way ''Telecaster'' and Stratocaster are written on your regular American Series and American Standard headstock? the quotation marks for Telecaster and not for Stratocaster. Is it because, to Leo, the Telecaster would always be the...

www.tdpri.com

Yeah, I saw that. There doesn't seem to be any real consensus, though.

Apparently, the Mexican-made models don't have the quotation marks.

I was also surprised to learn that the American-made Telecaster isn't the only Fender to have the quotation marks, although it's the only current model to have them.

Apparently, the Broadcaster and Esquire had them, as well...

 

[Leo123]

One story I read is that Leo originally wanted to call that telecaster style a broadcaster but, Gretsch already had a drumkit with that name. The quotes were added to 'telecaster' as he considered it just a nickname and also to avoid problems with Gretsch.

 

[Muhammed]

Apparently, the Mexican-made models don't have the quotation marks.

My 1994 Fender Telecaster was made in Mexico and doesn't have the quotation marks.

 

[the other mike]

Joe Bonamassa would know.