What's this guitar on the Fender site?

[elicross]

Okay, I guess it's my turn to ask what one of those guitars in the background of the Fender site is. It's on the left-hand side of this image:

http://www.fender.com/images/backgro...uitarsBG03.jpg

Looks like it's shaped like a Telecaster, but with a different kind of guard than I've seen on any Tele...almost an SG kind of guard. And it's got a tune-o-matic bridge and two uncovered humbuckers.

I couldn't find it among the product pages on the Fender site. Anybody know what it is?

(Fender really needs to find some way to identify the guitars that appear in the background images on their site.)

[phantomman]

Seems like some variation of the "Tele-Sonic" theme.

Bill Stickers will be prosecuted.

[elicross]

I just googled Tele-Sonic. I didn't see any with regular buckers, but that must be what it's based on. I don't recall ever seeing one of those. Les Paul-style controls and DeArmond-style pups? Interesting.

[ziess]

I would really love to try the TeleSonic with DeArmonds.

The definitely made a TeleSonic HH.

http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/f5/90/aff7_1.JPG

As far as I'm aware that's one of them though it could be a Toronado which, for one of it's three iterations, shared a similar look and layout to the TeleSonic HH.

http://www.shortscale.org/wiki/image...toronado01.jpg

Edit; looking at those pictures the difference is clear. The TeleSonic has a stoptail whereas the Toronado has a TOM setup.

Tommy.