Fender Stratocaster

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, initially called the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was founded by Leo Fender in the 1940s, and is the best known manufacturers of electric guitars.

Fender is particularly known for carrying the solid body electric guitars to the masses. Fender created first solid body electric guitar mass market, the Telecaster (originally named the 'Broadcaster', 'Esquire' is the original model with a single pill), the first mass-produced under the Precision Bass or 'P-Bass ', and the world famous Stratocaster, or Start. Other companies and luthiers produced electric guitars, but they were all hollow body, or special guitars such as Rickenbacker Hawaiian Steel Lap.





Manufacturer: Fender

Period: 1954 - present
Body Type: Solid
Union (body-mast): Four screws (three at the time CBS, to cut costs).

Body: Alder, Ash, Poplar or Mahogany
Neck: Maple

Fingerboard: Maple, Rosewood, Pao Ferro
Bridge: Synchronized Tremolo

Pickups: 3 Single coil in standard configuration, HH 2 Humbuckers, SSH 2 Single coil + 1 Humbucker, Single coil + MSM + Humbucker Humbucker and P90 models tablets