テレキャスが60歳

John Harris “Sixty years of the Fender Telecaster” http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/04/fender-telecaster-andy-summers-graham-coxon

1950年夏にカリフォルニア州のThe Fender Electrical Instrument Companyが「テレキャスター」（最初は「ブロードキャスター」）をリリースしてちょうど60年になる。記事に曰く、

It has long been responsible for the metallic twang that runs across American country, blues, and rock'n'roll. Over here, in the hands of an Essex native named Wilko Johnson, it contributed the distorted buzz to the best records by the British R&B band Dr Feelgood – a sound that bled into punk – and became a constant in 21st-century indie-rock.

The Telecaster unites Status Quo and Hot Chip. It has been the signature guitar of Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and the Clash's Joe Strummer. It's all over records by Elvis Presley, Booker T and the MGs, PJ Harvey, Blur, the Eagles, Manic Street Preachers, and hundreds more. Mention it to its devotees, and they talk about it with an amazing passion.

この記事の後半では、Sharleen Spiteri（Texas）、Graham Coxon（Blur）、Francis Rossi（Status Quo）、Andy Summers（The Police）がテレキャスを熱く語っている。
ところで、テレキャスの姉妹商品たる「ストラトキャスター」に対するこの評はどうよ――”The Telecaster's younger and less elegant sibling, the Stratocaster, tends to go wildly in and out of style, but this guitar remains as unimpeachably cool as ever.”
テレキャスターを含むギターの歴史ということで、北中正和『ギターは日本の歌をどう変えたか』をマークしておく。

ギターは日本の歌をどう変えたか―ギターのポピュラー音楽史 (平凡社新書)