Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Why did I get the most expensive guitar I've ever owned? I'll tell you in this video! A Dale Wilson Fender Custom Shop Master Build 1963 Telecaster. It's a beautiful instrument.
I employed the services of a fine young guitarist friend to play the tricky guitar parts in this video. Huge thanks to Alfie for his time.
Hopefully you enjoy the video for what it is, a review of a guitar. There is nothing in this presentation that says that anyone should spend a lot of money on a guitar.
Dunsy
#fender
#fendercustomshop
#fendertelecaster
DALE WILSON
Dale Wilson arrived at Fender in 2003, joined the Custom Shop in 2005 and became a Master Builder in 2011. Building guitars has been a driving passion for the California native since childhood. “Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved guitars,” he said. “I didn’t dream of being a rock star; I dreamed of building the ultimate guitar. I was equally enthralled with the guitars just as much as I was with the players.”
Woodworking runs in the Wilson family, and the requisite Custom Shop zeal for outstanding craftsmanship has long been part of Dale’s DNA. He did repair work and mods in a small guitar shop right out of high school in the late 1980s; subsequently moving on to stints at Dobro and Rickenbacker before arriving at Fender, where he worked on Guild, Gretsch and Benedetto guitars before beginning his apprenticeship with various Custom Shop Master Builders.
He enjoys calling upon his extensive and varied experience as a craftsman to create highly distinctive guitars such as the Resophonic Thinline Telecaster®. Wilson also built five beautiful custom guitars for the January 2011 NAMM Show while still an apprentice and was asked to sign the back of the headstocks, garnering him his Master Builder status.
Why did I get the most expensive guitar I've ever owned? I'll tell you in this video! A Dale Wilson Fender Custom Shop Master Build 1963 Telecaster. It's a beautiful instrument.
I employed the services of a fine young guitarist friend to play the tricky guitar parts in this video. Huge thanks to Alfie for his time.
Hopefully you enjoy the video for what it is, a review of a guitar. There is nothing in this presentation that says that anyone should spend a lot of money on a guitar.
Dunsy
#fender
#fendercustomshop
#fendertelecaster
DALE WILSON
Dale Wilson arrived at Fender in 2003, joined the Custom Shop in 2005 and became a Master Builder in 2011. Building guitars has been a driving passion for the California native since childhood. “Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved guitars,” he said. “I didn’t dream of being a rock star; I dreamed of building the ultimate guitar. I was equally enthralled with the guitars just as much as I was with the players.”
Woodworking runs in the Wilson family, and the requisite Custom Shop zeal for outstanding craftsmanship has long been part of Dale’s DNA. He did repair work and mods in a small guitar shop right out of high school in the late 1980s; subsequently moving on to stints at Dobro and Rickenbacker before arriving at Fender, where he worked on Guild, Gretsch and Benedetto guitars before beginning his apprenticeship with various Custom Shop Master Builders.
He enjoys calling upon his extensive and varied experience as a craftsman to create highly distinctive guitars such as the Resophonic Thinline Telecaster®. Wilson also built five beautiful custom guitars for the January 2011 NAMM Show while still an apprentice and was asked to sign the back of the headstocks, garnering him his Master Builder status.
