Instruments

1997 AFJ Custom Telecaster

Custom-made for Graham by Toni Fayos www.afjguitars.com

AFJ Telecaster Custom
Graham's main guitar, front view Graham's Telecaster, custom-built by Toni Fayos in 1997 Graham's guitar, back view

Specifications:

  • Ultra-light swamp ash body
  • '60s-style "C" neck with bi-flex truss rod
  • Indian rosewood "slab" fingerboard, compound radius 10" to 16"
  • Stainless steel jumbo frets
  • Three AFJ Vintage Alnico III pickups with 3-way selector: bridge, middle or middle/bridge (via mini toggle switch), neck
  • 0.015mfd "Orange Drop" tone capacitor
  • Classic Telecaster bridge with '60s grooved steel saddles
  • Gotoh Kluson-style vintage tuners
  • Weight: 6.7 lbs
  • Fender Original 150L strings (.009/.042)
Graham Foster with Toni Fayos
Graham with Toni Fayos

The other stage guitars:

  • 1994 Fender Telecaster Special. Open G tuning. Three Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster pickups, same wiring as the AFJ. D'Addarío EXL145 strings (.012/.054)
  • 1989 Fender Santa Rosa acoustic. Fender 80/20 Bronze-Wound strings (.010/.048)

The stage amps:

  • 1972 Fender Super Reverb (Blackface conversion)
  • 2012 Fender Blues Junior III Red Nova (Fromel mod, Eminence Lil' Texas speaker)
  • 1994 Fender Pro Junior