When it comes to musical icons there are arguably none bigger than the Fender Stratocaster ... 59 Single-Coil Strat pickups, a maple Modern C neck and an Alder body, finished in Nebula Noir ...

The auction’s top seller was a stunning 1954 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst Solid Body Electric Guitar from the first year of the transformative guitar’s production. The catalog noted “this ...

Naturally, the Hello Kitty Fender Strat headlines the drop – which also ... Both, of course, come with Hello Kitty's face painted on to the body. That latter model, though, is perhaps the ...

Narrator: In the span of over 70 years, Fender has become a household name ... Once the neck is attached to the body, the guitars head to final assembly, where it receives its strings and ...

Primitive solid-body electric guitars had been around since the 1930s, but Fender envisioned a mass-produced, affordable model that would be easier to hold, tune and play. In 1950, Fender released ...