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features Pure Vintage '59 Single-Coil Strat pickups, a maple Modern C neck and an Alder body, finished in Nebula Noir (black with multi-coloured flecks). For serious musicians, the 70th ...

A 1954 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst solid body electric guitar from the first year of the instrument’s production. “As one of the earliest Stratocasters ever made, this guitar holds ...

Fender also designed a contoured body that was more balanced and comfortable to play—and looked like something from the future. The Stratocaster “was really well designed, in some ways a decad ...

Attuned to guitars What’s considered the best-selling pop instrument of all time was invented by Southern Californian Leo Fender. Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in ...

with a fretboard inlaid with a bow and a flat-topped Pearl White body with custom graphics, and a unique hardshell case. (For more on Fender craftsmanship, see the recent Fender American Ultra II line ...