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
Leo Fender
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Clarence Leonidas Fender was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
Fender Stratocaster
…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. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously manufactured the Stratocaster since…
First prototype of the Fender Esquire (1949)