In this interview with Vintage Guitar, Frusciante says that around the era of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album By The Way (released in 2002), he favored Telecasters over his more usual choice of Stratocasters:

"Around By The Way, I played Teles more than a Strat."

In this photo, he can be seen performing live with his sunburst Fender Telecaster with a white pickguard and rosewood neck. The pickguard has the distinction of having an "F" on it from the Fender logo.

John Frusciante also gave a sunburst Tele to his replacement in Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. In this rig rundown video around the 24:50 mark, Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech Ian Sheppard shows a Tele in Klinghoffer's setup:

Great old... I think it's a '67 Tele? A Tele custom, that was actually John's [Frusciante], he gave that to Josh many years ago. I mean he had that when he was playing with PJ Harvey when I first met him. Again great guitar, you can do anything to that and it won't go out of tune.

It's unclear whether the Tele in the photo is the same one he gave away to Klinghoffer.

This 1963 Fender Telecaster is the one Summers has been most associated with. It's unknown who customized most of the guitar. It has Gibson PAF humbucker pickup in neck position.

Used extensively live and on several recordings, as per the historical accounts Fender provided as part of the marketing copy for their custom-shop re-creation

Used live in the early 2000's, this guitar is a vintage example upgraded with Joe Barden pickups. Likely based on the Danny Gatton set, modified to be waterproof.

In this video from Fender, Sheryl Crow discusses her thoughts on the Telecaster, how she selected it, and at 4:34 tells the story of how she acquired her 1959 Telecaster, which she played on the Grammys.

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Tom Bukovac's is a 1961** Fender Custom Telecaster. It's another guitar he uses often and one which he refers to as a "resto-mod" as he replaced the original, non-functioning pickups with a high end new set. This guitar can be seen used all over his "Home Skoolin' Show" on YouTube being used live, at home, in the studio, as well as the excellent series "Inside Blackbird."

NOTE - Again, Tom's is a 1961 Custom Telecaster and not a 1963 as the heading says. The site did not have the option for a 1961 or even 1959-1965 Custom Telecaster. I tried adding it to the site using the link to Reverb's section for "1959-1965 Fender Custom Telecaster" but the site denied the link as "this equipment already exists" with a reference back to "1963 Fender Custom Telecaster." This explains the "1963" title. If anyone remembers the aftermarket pickups Tom Bukovac added to this guitar, of course please add them to this entry.

When asked about his famous white Tele with a Rosewood fingerboard Steve Cropper said to Vintage Guitar Magazine in their October 2008 issue "I don’t know what year that white Tele was – probably a ’62 or ’63. I bought it new."

I am going with '63 -JM

Asked which of his old guitars he misses, he points to his ’63 Tele. “I dearly love that guitar, but it’s hung up somewhere. Over the years, whether I’ve had money or haven’t had money, equipment was always what I bought and it was as an investment so that when times got rough, I’d sell some things off. And there were some phenomenal guitars I’ve had and had to let go… But, you know, they make more.”

Billy Squier confirmed in a quote that he used a 1960 Telecaster Custom, and this guitar is featured on the cover of the "Don’t Say No" album. He also frequently used it live. The specific model he used had a double-bound body, a white pickguard, one volume, and one tone knob, and it featured two single-coil pickups (bridge and neck). This can be seen in the live performance of "Too Daze Gone" recorded on November 20, 1981, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Charlie plays a 1963 Tele. Listed in the article when the bands gear was stolen. Here is a picture as well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/58530249@N04/5830719174/