I’m not talking about the evolution of components and appointments that defined the chronological march of all Fender electric guitars through the company’s early years, but rather the ...
A 1954 Fender Stratocaster selling for $300,000 and a 1955 Strat going for nearly $144,000 hit the high notes in an auction of 150 vintage guitars once owned by late Sacramento music icon Skip ...
Early 1940s: During World War II, Fender meets Clayton Orr “Doc” Kauman, a musician and the chief designer of electric guitars for Rickenbacker (based in Santa Ana and the first maker of ...