James Burton Telecaster

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The James Burton Telecaster is an electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation for country-rock guitar legend James Burton. This American-made signature model features a solid Basswood body, three special-design blade single-coil pickups, 5-way "Strat-o-Tele" pickup selector with S-1 switching system (allowing a wide variety of series/parallel tones), hard-tail Strat bridge, Schaller die-cast machine heads with white pearl or black buttons, late '60s U-shaped maple neck/fretboard with 21 medium-jumbo frets, available with gold hardware, solid and paisley graphic finishes. Earlier versions used a poplar body and a Lace Sensor Blue, Silver and Red pickup configuration with TBX tone circuit. Introduced in 1991, it was upgraded in 2006.

[edit] James Burton Standard Telecaster

The Mexican-made Standard version of the James Burton signature model features a custom-shaped 1-piece '60s U-shaped maple neck with satin finish, vintage tint, 21 vintage frets and early '50s-style spaghetti decal, a solid alder body, 1-ply white pickguard, vintage 6-saddle Tele bridge and a pair of Fender Texas Special Tele pickups. Available in Candy Apple Red finish, it was introduced in 1996.