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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	Fender 100 watt amplifier head and cabinet		0 bids	$400.0 (US) Fb: 63 (100.0%)	1h 0m~
	GENUINE FENDER STRAT 5 WAY SUPER SWITCH ~ NIP! (ship $2.25)			$14.95 (US) Fb: 53971 (100.0%)	1h 6m~
	VINTAGE FENDER TELECASTER BRIDGE AND SADDLES 1960's			£195.0 ($291.93) (GB) Fb: 126 (100.0%)	1h 6m~
	Solid Color Paint Job on your Fender Strat or Tele (ship $15.0)			$155.0 (US) Fb: 25 (100.0%)	1h 7m~
	Fender G-Dec 30 Mint Condition with Owners Manual		10 bids	$225.0 (US) Fb: 35 (100.0%)	1h 7m~
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	1975 Fender Bassman 50 Head (ship $60.0)		13 bids	$425.0 (US) Fb: 20 (100.0%)	1h 12m~
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	FENDER NOISELESS TELECASTER BRIDGE PICKUP BROKEN (ship $6.0)		7 bids	$3.0 (US) Fb: 40 (100.0%)	1h 19m~
	12 Fender Shell Mandolin Jazz Guitar Picks Medium 358 (ship $2.75)			$2.9 (US) Fb: 5085 (99.3%)	1h 20m~
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	Fender Strat pickguard, wired with pots and switch (ship $6.99)		6 bids	$11.5 (US) Fb: 53 (100.0%)	1h 25m~
	GENUINE FENDER AMP COVER ~ 63 VIBROVERB (ship $5.95)			$18.95 (US) Fb: 53971 (100.0%)	1h 26m~
	Fender P-Bass Pickguard, White Pearl - BRAND NEW! (ship $6.0)			$48.3 (US) Fb: 61297 (99.7%)	1h 26m~
	Fender Classic Series '69 Telecaster Thinline Guitar (Natural Finish) FREE SHIP Cont US and Hardshell case (ship $0.0)			$749.99 (US) Fb: 599 (100.0%)	1h 26m~
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	12 Medium Fender Shell Banjo Guitar Picks Plectra 346 (ship $2.75)			$2.9 (US) Fb: 5085 (99.3%)	1h 30m~
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