Essays Tagged: "Fender Stratocaster"

The History Of The Electric Guitar

il the late 1940's that the electric guitar finally broke into the music scene. Radio repairman Leo Fender, who was also the founder of the Fender musical instrument company, brought the world the Fen ... introduced the Les Paul, named after the famous guitarist we mentioned earlier. The following year, Fender released what many consider the greatest, most versatile electric guitar of all time, the Fen ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The Legacy of Guitars

acoustic guitars to Eric Clapton executing precise riffs at unimaginable speeds on his custom built Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, the guitar is diverse as well as consistent in its ability to a ... s started producing electric guitars. In the 1940's Gibson started manufacturing electrics. In 1944 Fender came out with the Broadcaster. In 1948 the Broadcaster name was changed to the Telecaster due ...

(6 pages) 11 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

jim and jimi

uired his first guitar. With Hendrix being a natural lefty he taught himself to play a right handed Fender Stratocaster upside down and began his journey to become the greatest guitarist the world wil ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

jim and jimi

uired his first guitar. With Hendrix being a natural lefty he taught himself to play a right handed Fender Stratocaster upside down and began his journey to become the greatest guitarist the world wil ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers