When Jeff Buckley’s guitar was stolen in 1991, his friend Janine Nichols lent him her 1983 Telecaster. Early 80s Teles don’t have the best reputation. The top-loading bridges have less sustain, and the guitars tend to be heavy and uncooperative. It’s unclear if this was an exception or whether it was the genius of Buckley’s hands, but Jeff found beautiful tones in it. He and the guitar were inseparable thereafter, and today it is owned by Muse’s Matt Bellamy.