Gordon Lightfoot Electric Guitar

Gordon Lightfoot Electric Guitar, 1983

Telecaster

Made by Fender | USA

Though known mostly as an acoustic folk singer-songwriter preferring Gibson and Martin acoustic guitars, electric guitars were used in Gordon Lightfoot’s studio recordings. “Sundown” (1974), one of his most famous tracks, features a distinct electric guitar solo and, interestingly, it and the album of the same name marked the pinnacle of Lightfoot’s acoustic folk-country sound before he embarked on greater use of electric instruments. This solid-body, cream-coloured 1983 Fender Telecaster is therefore a piece of the Canadian music legend’s later-era stage and studio equipment.