Leo Kottke

In this photo, Kottke is visible playing his 12-string signature model.

This 1956 Fender Telecaster, previously owned and used by fingerpicking legend Leo Kottke, was featured by Gruhn Guitars on Instagram. It comes with a handwritten letter from Kottke detailing its history. Notably, the guitar has a replaced neck pickup and pickguard.

Interview to Leo Kottke by Gil Podolinsky, August 1977 "How many guitars do you own?

I own many, I'm really embarrassed to say. I'm one of those guys who gets really spaced out, goes down the street, and finds a piece of nothing on the wall that in my inflated condition looks like something I can rebuild at home, so I've got a lot of junk.

In addition to the two playable Gibsons, I have eight other B-45s that are my experimental victims that are basically pieces of junk. I also have four Bozos; one 12-string is about six or seven years old, and the other, a cutaway, about three."

Interview to Leo Kottke by Gil Podolinsky in August 1977 for Guitar Player magazine "How many guitars do you own?

I own many, I'm really embarrassed to say. I'm one of those guys who gets really spaced out, goes down the street, and finds a piece of nothing on the wall that in my inflated condition looks like something I can rebuild at home, so I've got a lot of junk.
In addition to the two playable Gibsons, I have eight other B-45s that are my experimental victims that are basically pieces of junk. I also have four Bozos; one 12-string is about six or seven years old, and the other, a cutaway, about three." Probably it was a Bozo with not so many pearls and shiny details