The early leaps in Fender development – particularly between the Tele and the Strat – came from talking ... obviously we can modify and tweak small parts like contours. But we’re not gonna ...

“He brought these instruments to the masses by making them inexpensive, easy to repair, easy to replace parts ... first Strat was. Following the release of the Telecaster in 1951, Leo Fender ...

just as Leo Fender’s eponymous guitar-making business (founded in 1946) was getting into its swing. The Stratocaster itself was first seen in 1954, following on from the Telecaster (1950) and before ...