GOTHENBURG,Swe. (Aug. 18, 2011) — Graham Coxon emerged from the 1990s Britpop movement as one of the U.K.’s most acclaimed and distinctive modern guitarists. Through his hit-filled career with Blur and a highly renowned solo career, his sonic paintbrush of choice is most often a Telecaster guitar, and Fender now honors him with the European-only release of the signature Graham Coxon Telecaster guitar.

Coxon is well known as one of modern rock’s most avid aficionados of the Telecaster—“The first guitar I reach for,” he said, and “One of the guitars I used to draw when I was at school and dream of having.” Now he has one with his own name on it. The Graham Coxon Telecaster has a distinctive combination of a Blonde finish ash body, tortoiseshell pickguard, vintage-style single-coil Telecaster bridge pickup and Seymour  Duncan® ’59 SH-1 humbucking neck pickup with a black bezel for tone ranging from clear and sharp to warm and round. Other features include a C-shaped maple neck with gloss urethane finish, rosewood fingerboard with 9.5” radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, three-position switch with “top hat” tip, knurled chrome knobs on 375k volume and tone pots that contribute to brighter sound from both pickups, vintage-style Telecaster bridge with three threaded steel saddles, chrome hardware, vintage-style tuners, ’70s-style headstock decal and Coxon’s signature on the back of the headstock.