The ASAT was Leo Fender's last version of his first solid-body electric guitar. This one has a Purple Sparkle finish and rosewood fretboard, with a black pickguard & hardware. The pickups on an ASAT have a very high output, like Gibson's P-90s, but the tone is much sharper.

When the Who went to the studio to record Can't Explain, they were surprised to find that the producer had hired Jimmy Page to stand in on the guitar parts. But the lead guitar part called for a 12-string guitar, that Jimmy didn't have. So Pete Townshend played the lead guitar solo and Jimmy played the rhythm part on the same Fender Telecaster that he later used to record Led Zeppelin's first album. This guitar sounds just like that Telecaster playing the sharp chords of the rhythm track on Can't Explain.