FIRST LOOK: Fender Masterbuilt Joe Strummer Telecaster!

[Dave Lewis]

Is this the builders vision of what it looks like now ?
Because it never looked like that when Joe was alive
Another Fender Cash Cow

 

[iaresee]

The Story of Joe Strummer's Heavily Abused Telecaster

The sticker-covered, heavily abused Tele is as synonymous with punk as Strummer is.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

 

[Dave Lewis]

Here’s the one I bought on Christmas Day in the Andertons sale a few years ago.
I added the stickers

Was it worth £1,499.00 ? No
Was it worth £1,299.00 in the sale ? No
I like it and IMO it’s a £300.00 guitar that’s been abused

 

[AutomationBias]

$20,000

 

[paisleywookiee]

$20,000

Yeah, nothing says "punk rock" like a $20K guitar.

 

[Dave Lewis]

The Story of Joe Strummer's Heavily Abused Telecaster

The sticker-covered, heavily abused Tele is as synonymous with punk as Strummer is.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

It never looked anything like that when Joe was alive

 

[Dave Lewis]

$20,000

Because they can and Some stupid collector with more money than sense will buy it

 

[Eagle]

Because they can and Some stupid collector with more money than sense will buy it

You ordered one yet?

 

[iaresee]

It never looked anything like that when Joe was alive

Sure looks like the one he’s holding in the article.

These are supposed to be dead to nuts replicas. When they did the one of Andy Summers Tele he said he started taking it out on the road instead of the OG because it felt and sounded identical to him.

Might be you don’t like the concept or the price but Fender’s Masterbuilt shop is very good at this kind of replica work.

 

[Eagle]

I’ve handled most of the master built limited editions over the years and they are usually excellent. They get better at replicating the fine details each time. I see £20k retail in these just in time.

 

[DrewJD82]

Also looks like it here at the last show he played a month before he died-

 

[paisleywookiee]

I’ve handled most of the master built limited editions over the years and they are usually excellent. They get better at replicating the fine details each time. I see £20k retail in these just in time.

I don't know about $20K, but FCS does do a really good job with relics in general, IMO.

 

[Eagle]

I don't know about $20K, but FCS does do a really good job with relics in general, IMO.

Retail, that leaves the factory at quite a bit less.