Roy Buchanan
Born: 23. september 1939
Died: 14. august 1988

CURRENT OWNERSHIP:

Mac Yasuda

PREVIOUS OWNERS:

• None

Hailing from the Ozarks, Roy Buchanan was/is probably the REAL master of the Telecaster. Probably the best guitar player period… 

Roy had a very personal playing style that over the years has gained more and more fan followings.

Roy had a few Telecasters in his ownership, but his 1953 Telecaster which he named "Nancy" is his most trusty guitar that he every wielded.

But it should be known, this guitar has some mystique over it.

Roy's tone was piercing bright. It almost cut trough glass if volume would allow it. Btw, he always played with Volume and treble on 10 and very little bass, but he loved that sound and he rarely played neck position. His style was rooted in Blues and Rock and did things with the guitar that was ahead of time. He made that Tele speak... He basically put ROCK into Blues with no gimmicks attached. Roy was the real deal.

He was once invited to join The Rolling Stones, but he turned it down,

One of the best shows that exists of Roy that best represents his playing style. Worth a watch or five.

The thing with Nancy was the Bridge pickup. It was sort of dead but working.

Don Mare supposedly had Nancy on his workbench once. He got to measure the pickup and got zero ohms out of it. So the pickup seems to have a break in the wiring, but it works better than one could think. Maybe works too good.

Also he had a .1 uf capacitor in series to the neck at both pos. 1 & 2.. This cap would brighten up things even further.