HONEST REFLECTION

FENDER JIMMY PAGE MIRROR TELECASTER

£2,349

If you’re a Jimmy Page guitar-playing acolyte, there’s a good chance you’ll have already placed your order for this USA guitar along with its Mexican-made dragon-painted version due to be released in the middle of the year. All good. But aside from homage, what is this Telecaster bringing to the table?

Made in Corona, it tops Fender’s Artist Series and is the most expensive guitar produced by Fender outside of the Custom Shop – period. It does come with some case candy, including eight round stick-on mirrors, but that only goes so far in sweetening the pill and, along with its signature status, obviously adds to the cost. It’s classed as a ’59-spec vintage-style Tele, but Fender