Based Strictly On Looks ..... Your Favorite Signature Telecaster.

[arlum]

I rarely if ever buy guitars based on how good they look. I've passed up some beauties and continue to do so. Out of 16 guitars in the house only 4 have looks that come close to being as good as their tone or play ability. So. Strictly focusing on Fender Signature Telecasters, (I know this is in the custom shop area but I'm more than OK including any Fender built Signature Telecaster), which one most knocks your socks off based on looks alone. Just So Freakin' Beautiful. For me it's the Custom Shop Merle Haggard Telecaster. I don't own one for reasons other than looks, but, based on looks alone the Merle Haggard is the most beautiful Fender Telecaster I've ever known Fender to offer.

What's your selection?

 

[BramptonRob1958]

Jimmy Page Mirror, without the MIRRORS lol

 

[brookdalebill]

Merle’s Tuff Dog Tele.
Runner up Harrison Tele.

 

[REWTX]

+1 on the Tuff Dog

 

[willietheweirdo]

The 2066 Jeff Buckley 100th birthday signature model, complete with schaller freeflyte bridge replica made from ancient reference photographs

 

[dreamingtele]

ANY 62

Double bound teles gets me everytime.

I love looking at them as much as playing them.. sometimes I just take them out and look at them gorgeous.

Untitled by D Y, on Flickr

 

[Fretting out]

Jimmy Page Mirror, without the MIRRORS lol

That was the one signature model I saw and said “I have to have that!”

I really just wanted a top loading 59 reissue

Simple and elegant

 

[loopfinding]

 

[BramptonRob1958]

That was the one signature model I saw and said “I have to have that!”

I really just wanted a top loading 59 reissue

Simple and elegant

I owned one for a very short period..and I never, ever, should have sold it....

 

[naveed211]

The Kotzen is very sharp.

 

[dean]

This was my first ever Telecaster - not traditional by any means, but it was a looker!

James Burton Signature Telecaster in Frost Red

 

[dlew919]

Brent mason.

 

[black_doug]

It’s a toss-up between the Albert Collins and the Muddy Waters.

 

[Killing Floor]

I love the look of the Britt Daniel thinline.

 

[VintageSG]

The Wilko Johnson model for its simplicity. A MIM Tele with a red scratchplate. Wilko played them live for a few years, but now he's sporting a MIA Tele.
There have been a few John 5 models that've caught my eye.
The basic Peavey Cropper. Mick Green played one for a while too, so there's reflected cool for Steve -and- Mick there

 

[Roostertele]

I rarely if ever buy guitars based on how good they look. I've passed up some beauties and continue to do so. Out of 16 guitars in the house only 4 have looks that come close to being as good as their tone or play ability. So. Strictly focusing on Fender Signature Telecasters, (I know this is in the custom shop area but I'm more than OK including any Fender built Signature Telecaster), which one most knocks your socks off based on looks alone. Just So Freakin' Beautiful. For me it's the Custom Shop Merle Haggard Telecaster. I don't own one for reasons other than looks, but, based on looks alone the Merle Haggard is the most beautiful Fender Telecaster I've ever known Fender to offer.

What's your selection?

I am partial to GE Smith…the whole lap steel neck inlay-look and cut bridge exposed pickup…3 brass saddles…it just completes the tele look…. Finest ash….great guitar.

 

[El Tele Lobo]

G.E. Smith followed by the Danny Gatton.

 

[JDB2]

I think the Brent Mason Tele looks great. Although I’d be more likely to want one myself if it came in a color other than primer gray.

 

[sloppychops]

The Silent Siren Telecaster. Too precious for my tastes, but still pretty cool.

 

[Nightclub Dwight]

I don't like the bridge or the pickups for a Telecaster, but I love the gold double bound body.