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    Golden Hynde

    Apr 28, 2021 5 minutes
    Words Ed Mitchell
    Photography
    Olly Curtis

    As leader of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde has been behind more hits than La Cosa Nostra. I Go To Sleep, Don’t Get Me Wrong, Back On The Chain Gang, 2000 Miles, I’ll Stand By You… The list goes on and on. As a guitarist, Chrissie has been utterly faithful to the Telecaster since she founded The Pretenders in 1978. It’s fitting, then, that Fender has taken the opportunity to reward that loyalty with a new Telecaster release. It’s not a signature model as such. It hasn’t been spec’d from the ground up. No, this is far more interesting. The Chrissie Hynde Telecaster is a replica of her cherished ’65 original.

    Aside from a few tweaks, which we’ll go into shortly,

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