Fender Stratocaster
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The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of double-cutaway electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares.
David Gilmour's 1969 The Black Strat
Body and electronics
Headstock and tuning pegs
Six-point "tremolo" bridge
Gibson Les Paul
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The Gibson Les Paul is a solid-body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and
Fender Stratocaster
…Kevin Parker, Yngwie Malmsteen and Jeff Beck. The Fender Stratocaster is one of the most iconic electric guitar models of all time, and along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most-often emulated electric guitar shapes, It is a patented design, and "Stratocaster" and "Strat…
Gibson Les Paul
Les Paul playing his signature model with Mary Ford in 1954
Goldtop Les Paul with the 1952-style trapeze-style bridge
Les Paul logo on headstock