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Polly Jean Harvey’s mixture of chiming chords and angular riffs couldn’t be more suited to the Fender Telecaster. Although Harvey uses a variety of guitars, collaborator John Parish’s black 1967 Tele which she borrowed for the lion’s share of her 1990s studio recordings is “closest to (her) heart”.

In 2000, after winning the Mercury Music Prize for her spellbinding Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea album, Harvey is believed to have purchased her own 1960s Telecaster. Here’s a great performance from that LP with a Telecaster providing the driving rhythm sound.