• The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George...
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    The Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster is the signature model electric guitar of English guitarist Eric Clapton. It was the first signature model guitar...
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  • iconic early instruments: the Fender Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster, among the most iconic electric...
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    aligning it more with the Stratocaster as opposed to the Telecaster. In 1959, Fender released the Jazzmaster guitar. Like the Stratocaster before it, the Jazzmaster...
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    notable use of the Fender Stratocaster in live performances or studio recordings. The Fender Stratocaster was designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares...
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    a Stratocaster. Gilmour also owns an early 1954 Stratocaster, believed to predate Fender's commercial release of the model. Along with the Fender models...
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    The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as a more expensive sibling of the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Convention...
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    guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but with differences that clearly distinguish it from a standard Stratocaster, usually to cater to a different...
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    A relatively radical departure from Leo Fender's classic Stratocaster design, it was Fender's answer to Superstrats produced by manufacturers such as Jackson...
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  • The Fender Elite Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar that was manufactured by Fender in 1983 and 1984. The name was revived from 2016 to 2019...
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    Fender Contemporary Stratocaster electric guitars were produced by Fender Japan in the 1980s. “D” profile neck with a 12" radius. "Single action" or "BiFlex"...
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    The Fender Stratocaster XII is the 12 string version of the Fender Stratocaster electric guitar made by Fender. It was introduced in 1988 and briefly re-issued...
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    Blackie (guitar) (category Fender Stratocasters)
    Clapton to his favorite Fender Stratocaster. In 1970, Clapton switched from Gibson electric guitars to Fender Stratocasters, largely due to the influences...
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    the rich, violin-like lead sound he coaxed from his beloved 1954 Fender Stratocaster, which he named Virginia. The album's second track, "Cliffs of Dover"...
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  • that influenced how the Fender Stratocaster was created. At the time Leo Fender began marketing the newly designed Stratocaster in 1954, he expected it...
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    associated with is the Fender Stratocaster, which he started playing in 1969. In a 2013 interview, Beck said, "The Fender Stratocaster was made for me. I...
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    Martin Orchestra, he plays solo guitar, using his Olympic white 1961 Fender Stratocaster, on the song “Ringo's Theme (This Boy)” of the Beatles' 1964 film...
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    as a Gibson Les Paul but an unusual intermediate size for Fender), and a Fender Stratocaster-style synchronized tremolo. The original Cyclone used an Atomic...
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  • featured a double cutaway body similar but much smaller than the Fender Stratocaster without body contouring and therefore almost the same shape as the...
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    The Black Strat (category Fender Stratocasters)
    The Black Strat is the nickname for a black Fender Stratocaster guitar played by David Gilmour of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appeared for...
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  • The Fender Electric XII is a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. Instead of using a Stratocaster-body style, it uses one...
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    an enlarged headstock – a very similar 21-fret neck was used by Fender Stratocaster models manufactured in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. The...
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  • The Jeff Beck Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments for British guitarist Jeff Beck. This Artist Signature guitar...
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  • as well as Jazzmasters, Telecasters, and Stratocasters, but in more sought-after Classic finishes that Fender otherwise had little interest in releasing...
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    latter. Fender's intent was to develop a pickup that could evoke the vintage Stratocaster sound and the silence of Lace Sensor pickups. The Stratocaster version...
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    The Fender Esquire was a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Los Angeles. It was the first solid-bodied...
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    Guitar) (28 December 2011). "IN PRAISE OF: The Fender Stratocaster | IN PRAISE OF: The Fender Stratocaster". MusicRadar. Retrieved 14 December 2013. Mottola...
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    Wife, was the nickname given by Stevie Ray Vaughan to his favorite Fender Stratocaster, built c. 1963. In 1974, he acquired the guitar as a trade at a music...
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  • played by musician Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan played a number of Fender Stratocasters throughout his career, one of which, a 1963 body and a 1962 (with...
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    McCartney, for the song "Hey Jude." In 2013 Irsay acquired the 1964 Fender Stratocaster used by Bob Dylan during his July 25, 1965 performance at the Newport...
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