One of the key guitars in my career has been an early-Seventies Fender Telecaster Deluxe that I had before Sonic Youth started and that I played pretty much throughout Sonic Youth.
In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.
I'm a Telecaster connoisseur, and I love my Teles. I have one from almost every year since the very beginning, in 1950. I'm so obsessed with them.
I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage guitar.
The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.
My favourite guitar was - I can't remember if it was '50s or '60s - a pale wood Telecaster, and it made me a better player. It was beautiful, so easy to play.
The late-sixties Teles are the best value you can get for a vintage guitar.
I have tons of Telecasters but also about 50 Les Pauls, six or seven SGs, and a bunch of Gretsches.
I wouldn't be windmilling a Fender Telecaster if it weren't for Pete Townshend.
