John 5 from Marylin Manson played a Telecaster, Bruce Springsteen plays one too, the thing I like most about the Telecaster is that you can really dig into the string with your picking because of the fixed bridge system, I also like the simplicity too, very easy to navigate your way through the three pickup combinations, I think my 2014 Fender Mexican Telecaster is wired-up same as what a 1966 Telecaster is, that is, Master Volume and Tone, and Neck, Neck + Bridge, and Bridge pickup selections, it works for me anyway.