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The First Fender Guitar
1949
Fender
This instrument is the first solid-body electric Spanish guitar prototype built by Leo Fender. It was inspired by the work of Paul A. Bigsby and Les Paul, with whom Fender frequently met in Southern California to discuss their work in guitar and amplification technologies. Fender's chief innovation was the bolt-on neck, which made his instruments easy and cheap to mass produce, repair, and customize. This prototype has a neck built without a truss rod, a feature that later became standard to avoid warping due to string tension. It was the prototype for Fender's first two 1950s production models, the Esquire and the Broadcaster (later renamed the Telecaster). |