After recently moving to Memphis, you can't help but feel surrounded by musical traditions like W.C.Handy, B.B.King, Isaac Hayes, and many others. I picked up playing the guitar after a 30-year absence. Needless to say, the Fender Tele has that "traditional" sound from the 50's and 60's that I want to get. No other guitar can make these kinds of sounds, so when it comes to picking up some of the old Blues and Rock-n-Roll tunes, I gotta have a Telecaster. Sweet.