Gretsch Inspired Telecasters from the Custom Shop

Gretsch Inspired Telecasters from the Custom Shop

Country, Swing, Rockabilly and early Rock and Roll had players using quite a few Gretsch and Fender Telecasters. So what if you combined features and appointments from both in one guitar. Well Paul Waller Masterbuilder from the Fender Custom Shop has taken the concept and has built these over the last few years. I think he did an amazing job. See the videos.

These builds apparently started as when the Fender Custom Shop was commissioned to do a guitar for Bono.

The Irish Falcon Guitar

The Irish Falcon Guitar

Bono playing the guitar on stage

Bono playing the guitar on stage

Hand carved solid spruce top, carved maple back and sides, no plywood, TV Jones Classics for pickups

Hand carved solid spruce top, carved maple back and sides, no plywood, TV Jones Classics for pickups

Very Cool Guitar

Very Cool Guitar

Nicknamed the White Chicken

Nicknamed the White Chicken

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I think these guitars are awesome. They can be ordered from the Fender Custom Shop if you have the cash to spend. There are cheap knock-offs, but since these Paul Waller guitars are all handmade like a real arch-tops no way can the copies compare.

Paul Waller’s White Chicken

Mike Eldred Interviews Fender Masterbuilder Paul Waller At The Music Zoo