Fender Guitars

The Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company (now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) developed the first commercial solid-body Spanish (as opposed to Hawaiian, or lap steel) electric guitar beginning in 1948 - the Telecaster, a simple design whose earliest models were offered under the name Broadcaster or the single pickup Esquire. While the Telecaster and its variants were successful, many guitar players of the day used a Bigsby unit, a spring-loaded vibrato device that players use to bend notes up and down with their pick hand. Instead of adding a Bigsby, Fender decided to produce a new, more expensively-made ash or alder line of guitars with his own design of vibrato, which Leo Fender incorrectly referred to as a "synchronized tremolo" (see tremolo arm for more on the evolution of such mechanisms). His decision was also influenced by guitarists Rex Gallion and Bill Carson, who requested a contoured body to temper the harsh edges of the slab-built Telecaster; the new ash body shape was based on that of the 1951 Precision Bass.

The name, Stratocaster was intended to evoke images of new jet-aircraft technology (such as the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress), and to express Fender's modernistic design philosophy. In designing the Stratocaster's body, a significant area of the back of the guitar, and the area where the strumming arm rests, were beveled to accommodate the player's chest and arm. The upper bouts featured two cutaways, for easier access to the higher frets. The new Custom Contour Body and Synchronized Tremolo bridge made the Stratocaster a revolutionary design.

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	LEFTY Fender Stratocaster '57 REISSUE Strat PICKUP NR! (ship $5.0)         ...		4 bids	$14.52 (US) Fb: 97018 (99.8%)	1h 20m~
	BOSS FBM-1 FENDER '59 BASSMAN PEDAL LEGEND SERIES FBM1 (ship $9.99)         ...		0 bids	$148.0 (US) Fb: 29743 (99.7%)	1h 24m~
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	NEW GOLD PEARLOID PICKGUARD FOR FENDER P BASS (ship $0.0)         ...		1 bid	$19.99 (US) Fb: 368 (99.0%)	1h 27m~
	Nice Yellow white mustang!!Fender Japan "69 Mustang!! (ship $95.0)         ...		0 bids	$660.0 (JP) Fb: 485 (100.0%)	1h 27m~
	Brand new Fender Japan '52 Telecaster Ash body MIJ!! (ship $95.0)         ...		0 bids	$740.0 (JP) Fb: 485 (100.0%)	1h 27m~
	Fender 70's Reverse Headstock Stratocaster Strat Guitar (ship $39.99)         ...		24 bids	$510.0 (US) Fb: 13 (100.0%)	1h 29m~
	2001 FENDER MIM JAZZ BASS BODY (ship $15.0)         ...		0 bids	$99.0 (US) Fb: 165 (100.0%)	1h 31m~
	Deluxe VOLUME BOX for Fender/Peavey/Marshall Tube Amp-S New Colors! Metal Case! Only $4.80 for US Priority Mail (ship $4.8)         ...		0 bids	$39.95 (US) Fb: 2542 (99.9%)	1h 31m~
	Fender FM100 Mandolin Luthier Repair Project (ship $24.75)         ...		1 bid	$14.99 (US) Fb: 8804 (99.9%)	1h 32m~
	Deluxe VOLUME BOX for Fender/Peavey/Marshall Tube Amp-G New Colors! Metal Case! Only $4.80 for US Priority Mail (ship $4.8)         ...		1 bid	$39.95 (US) Fb: 2542 (99.9%)	1h 32m~
	Fender FM53S Mandolin Luthier Repair Project (ship $24.75)         ...		2 bids	$22.49 (US) Fb: 8804 (99.9%)	1h 32m~
	FENDER SUPER REVERB SEVENTIES SILVER FACE VERY NICE (ship $75.0)         ...		6 bids	$515.0 (US) Fb: 661 (100.0%)	1h 32m~
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	1987 Fender Stratocaster 62 Vintage RI Strat USA NR! Corona Plant Candy Apple Red NO RESERVE! (ship $45.0)         ...		17 bids	$1309.0 (US) Fb: 95 (100.0%)	1h 33m~
	Lot of 30+ Fender Owner's Manual Sets Strat Tele (ship $19.0)         ...		3 bids	$10.5 (US) Fb: 97018 (99.8%)	1h 34m~
	Fender Stratocaster (ship $35.0)         ...		29 bids	$185.27 (US) Fb: 28 (100.0%)	1h 34m~
	Fender Stratocaster, Japan, mid 80s, excellent shape!!!         ...		0 bids	$549.0 (US) Fb: 1295 (100.0%)	1h 34m~
	BLACK PICKGUARD ASSEMBLY DOUBLE FAT HH FOR FENDER STRAT (ship $12.0)         ...		1 bid	$32.99 (CA) Fb: 26400 (98.8%)	1h 35m~
	5 TREMOLO SPRINGS FOR FENDER STRATOCASTER (ship $2.0)         ...		0 bids	$6.0 (US) Fb: 9550 (99.8%)	1h 37m~
	FENDER YNGWIE STRAT 90-91 (ship $30.0)         ...		0 bids	$850.0 (US) Fb: 689 (96.9%)	1h 38m~
	NEW Genuine Fender 52' Tele BRASS Saddle Set Telecaster (ship $6.0)         ...		0 bids	$18.0 (US) Fb: 11438 (99.8%)	1h 39m~
	Fender Squire Standard Telecaster & Roland Blues Cube         ...		0 bids	$300.0 (US) Fb: 815 (100.0%)	1h 39m~
	Fender Stratocaster Guitar Case Telecaster 1959 1960 NR         ...		0 bids	$300.0 (US) Fb: 479 (100.0%)	1h 40m~
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1955 FENDER Stratocaster Metallic Green orgl color!!!! ALL ORIGINAL VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED!!!!! (ship $0.0)         ...

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1955 ALL ORIGINAL NEAR MINT CUSTOM COLOR FENDER STRATOCASTER SHERWOOD GREEN!!!!! One of the cleanest and earliest custom color Fender Stratocaster known to the world. In this condition and color, the probability of finding another like it is probably null. Without a doubt one of the most collectible stratocasters in the world. So if strats and custom colors are your thing, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. IN 1955 Custom Colors strats were not offered in catalogs, but on a verbal basis or upon special request. During 1954 and 1956, the period before custom colors were advertised, no more than a few handful were made. ( By contrast, they made at least 1500 bursts. a good chunk are very plainly figured or outright plaintops.) THE CONDITION OF THIS GUITAR IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED DATED SEPTEMBER 1955 IN THE NECK AND ELECTRONICS STRATOCASTER IN ORIGINAL CUSTOM COLOR METALLIC GREEN. THIS GUITAR s FRETBOARD IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BROKEN INTO THIS GUITAR LOOKS VIRTUALLY NEW!!!!!!!!!!! ORIGINALLY SOLD THROUGH ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEALERS IN TEXAS, CALDWELL MUSIC. IT WAS ACQUIRED ALONG WITH SOME OTHER FENDER INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MUSIC ROOM OF A PROMINENT FAMILY S HOUSE. IT WAS ALWAYS KEPT IN THE ORIGINAL OWNER S FAMILY UNTIL AUGUST OF 2005 WHEN I PURCHASED IT - A CONSIGNMENT FROM THE ORIGINAL FAMILY BROKERED THROUGH GRUHN GUITARS MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS GUITAR ARE AVAILABLE TO SERIOUS PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. FROM EVERY ANGLE AND POSITION, OPEN AND CLOSED, ETC.THIS IS A GUI ...