The Master Of The Telecaster Albert Collins (aka The Iceman) had one of the most distinctive voices of blues guitar. Tuning to Open F minor and using an idiosyncratic fingerstyle attack, he maximised the Telecaster’s bite. His ’66 custom had a Gibson PAF in the neck, but his signature model features a more obtainable Seymour Duncan 59. An overlooked aspect of his tone was his incredibly long cable. Beyond facilitating stage shenanigans, the cable’s capacitance rounded off some of the Tele’s razor treble.