#terryfoster

Every so often I like to throwback to a very special #ThinlineThursday evening I once spent, about 3.5 years ago, with #Fender Historian and author, @terry_foster and this uber rare #LavenderLilac 1970 #Thinline #Telecaster. . How do I know this finish is called "Lavender Lilac"? Well, swipe to pic 2 and you will see that Terry has, in his collection, long-time Fender designer (and the guy who played the steel guitar swoop at the beginning of the Looney Tunes cartoons), Freddie Tavares' ORIGINAL NOTES from a 1969 (?) meeting on the new custom colour Thinline models! You can see Freddie listed the different colours out in his own hand: "New colors for Telecaster hollow bodies: Jet Black, Canary Yellow, Salmon, Lavender Lilac, Hot Pink, Kelly Green". . You always see the most incredible stuff in Terry Foster's collection! 😀 . . #freddietavares #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #fendertelecaster #telecasterthinline #teletuesday #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZl57kJ34f/?utm_medium=tumblr

Flashback #MusicmasterMonday to earlier this year and my 1957 (left) and 1961 #Fender #Musicmaster 3/4 size student #guitars. . I acquired these (along with their original cases, beneath them) from @terry_foster, whose definitive history book of the Fender Company "Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970" appears at lower right, open to the Musicmaster/#Duosonic page! . To those who are wondering: the finish at left is called #DesertSand, but my understanding is the darker finish on the '61 does not have an official name. Don't shoot the messenger I'm just telling you what I heard! 😂 . . #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #studentguitars #smallguitar #FenderMusicmaster #guitar #guitarcollection #guitarphotography (at Peterborough, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBy3ZDv-K4/?utm_medium=tumblr

How many people out there can say that one of their #amps appears in @geddyimages book? . Well, I can! 😀 . Here's my 1959 #FenderHarvard. A very cool, rare, and excellent-sounding tweed #amp made only for a short period in the late 50s and early 60s. I was lucky enough to acquire it from renowned #Fender historian and author @terry_foster earlier this year. Terry wrote the foreword in #GeddyLee's magnum opus "#BigBeautifulBookofBass". @richardsibbaldphoto shot a picture for the foreword showing Terry with some of his vast collection appearing behind him (swipe left). If you zoom in on the bottom right corner of the photo (swipe left a couple of times)...there it is! That's my #Harvard right there in the book! Albeit unwittingly so...😆 . So everyone out there that owns a copy of #BBBoB has a little piece of me with them, always! So exciting! 😄 My next goal of course would be to acquire one of the #guitars actually featured in #BBBoB directly from the man himself! But that is a ways off, I fear, due to congenital poverty on my part... 😆 . PS: Check out the last two photos to see just how clean this amp it! . #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #guitars #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #vintagefender #tubeamp #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography #5F10 #fender5f10 #tweedtuesday #tweedamp #fendertweed (at Toronto, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqX5I_BcYM/?igshid=3ti9h3f7e12m

Please welcome the newest member of the #ToneHenge™ family: a minty 1959 #Fender #5F10 #Harvard! . Yes, after almost 3 years of searching for one (and after one year of not buying any gear at all!) I FINALLY found my Harvard! And WHAT a Harvard...so clean...so PERFECT! 😄 . And oh the sound...it is heavenly! It's everything I hoped it would be. Low enough power (10 watts from 2 vintage 6V6 power tubes) that I can play it in my house (without fear of eviction I mean... 😜), it comes in a #5F2A #Princeton-sized cabinet, but with a 10" inch #Jensenspeaker (as opposed to the Princeton's 8" speaker), so it's a mighty big and full sound for a smaller #amp. And it slips into total creamy overdrive when you turn it up to 7 or 8! Not that I can get away away with that around here, but it's nice to know the amp can do it! Needless to say it is 100% original and even came with it's original Victoria Luggage cover. I am smitten by this amp. After 36 months of waiting, the wait was totally worth it! . A HUGE and heartfelt thank you @terry_foster for letting this one go from his collection. (Pictured with a 1957 #FenderMusicmaster, also thanks to Terry!) . #fenderharvard #fender5f10 #needfortweed #tweedtuesday #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #precbs #fenderprinceton #guitar #guitars #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #vintagefender #guitarsofinstagram #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CogQ9hRN3/?igshid=rk5s0avjkapx

Another one of the rarest and coolest #guitars I photographed in 2019*: a 1963 Fender Jaguar in factory original foam green with matching headstock from @terry_foster's collection. You probably wont see another one of these any time soon**! . *and the other two in this shot ain't no slouches neither! . **although I think Joe Bonamassa was playing a later one with a tort 'guard and added humbucker in a recent post! 😃 . #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #fenderfriday #fenderoffset #offsetguitars #guitar #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B63yvxnBP2Q/?igshid=1vsu9d3txptw4

Here’s a flashback to last year and this clean 1955 #Esquire belonging to #Fender historian and author @terry_foster. . It was on this #guitar that Terry first made aware of the subtle “bursting” around the edges of a blonde finish. Zoom in...you can see the opaque layer around the edge in contrast to the translucent blonde nearer the center. This was done to cover the seam where the wood joins in a two piece body. It’s always a serious bit of guitar education when you visit Terry! 🤓 . . #terryfoster #fenderthegoldenage #fenderesquire #tele #telecaster #teletuesday #fendertelecaster #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #EsquireEveryDay (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rslqIhXqI/?igshid=3u85i458vkob

The ultimate #MusicmasterMonday and one of my favourite shots ever, taken on a visit to @terry_foster's collection. . . #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #fender #fendermusicmaster #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tZNrqhG3t/?igshid=1raic352x35nq

Flashbackurday to my first ever published photos in last year's @fretboardjournal Electric Annual issue, accompanying @terry_foster's article on one of the extremely rare and interesting pieces from his collection, this 1953 preproduction, handmade, prototype Stratocaster tremolo bridge. . Thanks again to Terry for involving me in his project - the part itself is fascinating: completely handmade, and very rough. They even made a typo when hand-stamping the individual letters of "#Fender" onto one of the saddles! You can see a macro of that typo in the article, as well as on the FBJ website for the issue. Pick up a copy if you can find one, or perhaps digital copies are still available from the FBJ website? It makes for fascinating reading! . . #terryfoster #fenderthegoldenage #fretboardjournal #strat #straturday #fenderstratocaster #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2G_9t6hazf/?igshid=amsh45wbsi6q