What would their value be today? Well, we know that, at least for the Telecaster. Carter Vintage Guitars has listed it for a cool $235,000, which is a lot of money for a refinished mid ‘60s Tele.

“Philip Kubicki was Roger Rossmeisl’s apprentice at Fender R&D and he was behind several guitars that became iconic. Roger was more involved in Fender’s archtops and also the Thinline ...