Signature Richie Kotzen Telecaster

"The Telecaster is arguably the simplest electric guitar on the planet. Two pickups, volume, tone and a neck bolted to a slab-of-wood body. Richie's signature guitar is a somewhat refined version of
this basic formula.

Firstly, the neck is a substantial chunk of maple: a gloriously palm-filling, meaty log with the bark taken off. Not the kind of neck you'd associate with such a fleet-fingered player, but when you see the huge frets you'll be reassured of its widdling potential.

Next the pickups have been cleverly upgraded to a DiMarzio Chopper T mini humbucker in the bridge position for a little more power and a DiMarzio Twang King in the neck position. The pickups are controlled with the usual three-way blade selector switch and the tone control has been replaced with a rotating switch that selects between in and out of phase for the bridge humbucker when the pickup selector is in the middle position. This gives the player a choice of fat or thin sounds.

Other modifications include gold hardware and the Schaller D-tuner: a flip-lever device for dropping the low E string down to a D. Finally, this through-strung, flame maple capped, bound Telecaster also features both ribcage and forearm contouring for an altogether classier appearance and comfier ride."