Fender Telecaster Plus
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| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | 1980s — 1990s |
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| Body type | Solid |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on neck |
| Scale | 25.5" |
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| Body | Alder or Ash |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Maple/Rosewood |
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| Bridge | Fixed |
| Pickup(s) | Dually Red-Red Lace Sensor (bridge) Blue Lace Sensor (neck) 3 Gold Lace Sensors (1995-1997) |
The Fender Telecaster Plus was a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Fender in the United States from the late 80s to the mid 90s. It is a variant of the original Fender Telecaster model, but using Lace Sensor pickups.
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[edit] Lace Sensor pickups
The Telecaster Plus (Version One) came equipped with Lace Sensor pickups; "Dually Red-Red" in the bridge and "Blue" in the neck. The Telecaster Plus (Version Two) came with three "Gold" Lace Sensor pickups. The dually bridge/single neck pickup configuration was also used by Fender during approximately the same time period in its Fender Stratocaster Ultra and Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster models.
[edit] Differences between Standard and Plus Telecasters
Telecaster Pluses from 1989 to 1995 (Version One) had a short style bridge (somewhat similar to that of the Stratocaster), with the bridge pickup having a small metal pickup ring which was not part of the bridge mechanism. The control plate also differed from the standard Telecaster; due to an extra mini switch between the tone and volume knobs, which was used to select different pickup settings - giving the guitar an expanded range of different tones. This wiring scheme was available on the American Deluxe Tele for about two years. Guitars made from about 1995 until 1997 (Version Two) also featured a bound contoured alder body with ash veneers, a regular Telecaster bridge plate and three Gold Lace Sensor Tele pickups. Telecaster Plus and Deluxe Plus models were all replaced by the American Deluxe Telecaster in 1998.
[edit] Telecaster Plus Deluxe
In the 1989-90 run, another model of the Telecaster Plus was put into production, called the Fender Telecaster Plus Deluxe, which was identical to the regular Telecaster Plus, except from the addition of a whammy bar, Schaller locking machine heads and a Wilkinson roller nut (changed to LSR in 1993).
The Telecaster Plus Deluxe had 3 Fender Lace Sensor pickups, a humbucking red "dually" at the bridge position and a blue single-coil at the neck.
[edit] Notable Telecaster Plus users
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
Michael Houser (Widespread Panic)
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