And now this veritable piece of history is up for sale at Reverb. The worn blonde '63 Tele (sporting an unorthodox DIY double-cutaway job—more about that later) is listed by Brooklyn's Retrofret ...

In August 1963, a yellow Telecaster emerged from Fender’s original California factory, ending up two years later in the hands of a gifted young guitarist named Michael Bloomfield — who bought ...