Editing James Burton Telecaster

The '''James Burton Telecaster''' is a Signature/Artist Series electric guitar made by [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]].  The guitar is available in two models, Upgrade and Standard, and both were designed by American country-rock guitarist [[James Burton]] along with Dan Smith at Fender.  Both models are patterned after mid-century [[Fender Telecaster]] guitars played by Burton during his long career with [[Ricky Nelson]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[John Denver]] and many other well-known artists.

==James Burton Telecaster Upgrade==

[[Image:JamesBurton(by Scott Dudelson).jpg|thumb| [[James Burton]] - Live in Concert with his current Upgrade model Telecaster |239px]]

The original Upgrade was introduced in 1991 and had a poplar body, three [[Lace Sensor]] pickups (models Blue at the neck, Silver in the middle and Red at the bridge) and a treble/bass expander (TBX) tone control.  The TBX was a dual function stacked potentiometer tone control. From settings 1 to 5, the TBX responded like a normal tone control and routed the signal through a 250k pot with a shunt .022uF capacitor to cut treble. Settings 6 to 10 routed the signal directly through a 1 meg pot which supposedly cut bass, although how this was to be accomplished without a series capacitor remains a mystery.  This model was available in Black/Gold Paisley, Black/Candy Red Paisley, Pearl White and Frost Red.<ref>{{cite web
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The current Upgrade model features a solid basswood body finished in solid Olympic Pearl, or with a flame design in Red [[Paisley (design)|Paisley]] or Blue Paisley on a black background.  This model is based on a 1969 Paisley Red model Telecaster (popularly called Pink Paisley) that Burton played while touring with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977.<!-- Yes, Fender really named this color "PAISLEY RED", not "PINK PAISLEY", please see the following reference. --><ref>{{cite book
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| isbn = 0-7935-0860-6}}</ref>  The neck is the same as the Standard model.  The electronics include three specially designed James Burton blade single-coil pickups (mounted similar to the [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] layout) and a 5-way "Strat-o-Tele" pickup selector with an S-1 switching system that allows a wide variety of pickup tones.  The hardware includes a gold-plated hard-tail Strat bridge, gold-plated Schaller die-cast tuners with black or pearl buttons and gold-plated tone and volume knobs.<ref>
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</ref>   The current Upgrade model was designed to commemorate a 2005 benefit concert for the James Burton Foundation in Shreveport, Louisiana.<ref name="interview"/>  This model is made in United States.

==James Burton Standard Telecaster==
The Standard model of the James Burton Telecaster was introduced in 1996 and features a solid alder body finished in Candy Apple Red with a 1-ply white pickguard.  This model was inspired by Burton's third guitar, the 1953 Telecaster that he played on the seminal 1957 recording of "[[Susie Q (song)|Susie Q]]" with [[Dale Hawkins]].<ref name="interview">
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</ref>  The neck is a 1-piece maple 1960s vintage U-shape design with a satin finish and 1950s-style decals.  The hardware includes a vintage six-saddle Telecaster [[Bridge (instrument)#Electric guitar bridges|bridge]], a pair of Texas Special Tele single-coil pick ups, a three-way switch and vintage chrome Ping tuners.  This instrument is made in Mexico.<ref>

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==See also==
*[[James Burton]]
*[[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]]
*[[Fender Telecaster]]

==References==
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{{Fender Telecaster}}

[[Category:Fender Telecasters]]