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Pablo Picasso had his famous Blue Guitar. Now, so does Brad Paisley, courtesy of the Fender Custom Shop. Last Wednesday, Paisley unveiled his latest signature model, the “Lost Paisley” Telecaster, at a Q&A session and mini concert at Fender’s East Nashville headquarters. The instrument is an exacting reproduction of Paisley’s own, rare 1967 Tele in a stunning, practically glowing, blue-flower paisley finish, with custom-wound Seymour Duncan pickups and a bender that can be set to the B string or, as Paisley prefers, the G string. Spoiler: It looks and sounds badass, even with Paisley playing through a Fender Champ, which you’ll experience when you watch our video. The street price for this limited edition instrument is $7,000.

In 1968, Fender introduced the short-lived Paisley Red and Blue Flower finish options on the Telecaster and Telecaster Bass—drawing influences from the “Summer of Love.” These instruments were adorned with decorative Cling-Foil and finished with a matching metallic burst, highlighting the vibrant colors in the intricately patterned paper. Many of these guitars fell victim to the unstable mix of thick paper, weak adhesives, polyester clear coats and time, eventually showing major chipping and flaking, driving players to refinish their guitars. Others we simply repainted to cover up the polarizing original finish. Once discontinued in late 1969, these guitars and basses seemed to vanish into the ether.

Over the following six decades, these unsung heroes of free spirit movement would pop up in vintage guitar shops and for sale online, eventually beginning to accrue a cult-like following. Call it nominative determinism or sheer luck, country music singer-songwriter and Telecaster evangelist Brad Paisley became enamored by these misfit late-‘60s guitars, ultimately becoming the modern-day face of any and all paisley-themed finishes.

Flash forward to present day, and through a fortuitus twist of fate, while Brad was studying guitar building, he was gifted what looked to be lightly used sheets of Blue Paisley patterned Cling-Foil – straight from the ‘60s. Driven by his newfound obsession over this Blue Paisley Cling-Foil, Brad teamed up with close friends Zac Childs and Joe Glaser to not only refinish one of his road-tested 1967 Telecasters, but to meticulously recreate vintage-accurate Paisley Cling-Foil paper.

In partnership with Brad Paisley, the Fender Custom Shop is proud to introduce the Limited Edition 1967 “Lost Paisley” Telecaster. The swirling, pulsing and blinding carousel of blues, greens and silvers of the Blue Paisley Relic finish brings a perfect balance of vintage charm to the unique alder, paulownia and spruce Telecaster body. Featuring a custom ‘60s Oval “C” shaped maple neck and round-laminated maple fingerboard, Seymour Duncan "Lost Paisley" Telecaster Pickups and a Glaser “G” Bender System, this guitar looks, sounds and feels like Brad’s #1 Tele.

Other premium features include 7.25" (184.1 mm) radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Modern Tele wiring, 3-way switch, ’67 Telecaster bridge with Glaser Bender System, vintage-style tuners, bone nut, wing string tree, period-correct Fender strap and certificate of authenticity.

0:00 - Lost Paisley Jam Intro
1:42 - John Bohlinger Intro
1:58 - Brad Paisley Turns a 1967 Tele Into a Paisley Project
4:00 - Fender and Brad Paisley Collaborate on Lost Paisley
5:36 - Seymour Duncan "Lost Paisley" Tele Pickups
6:12 - Glaser G Bender System
6:42 - Signal Chain
7:18 - Clean Tone Demos
8:53 - Lost Paisley Guitar Specs
10:14 - Dirty Tone Demos
11:42 - 1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline Tone Test
12:38 - Lost Paisley Tone Test
13:20 - Final Thoughts
14:06 - Lost Paisley Jam Outro

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