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Stratocaster Headstock. This is a list of musicians who have made notable use of the Fender Stratocaster in live performances or studio recordings. The Fender Stratocaster was designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares with involvement from musicians Rex Gallion and Bill Carson in the early 1950s, and since its commercial introduction in 1954 has become widely used among popular artists in ...
Frederick Theodore Tavares (1913 – 1990) [1] was an American designer, engineer, and musician who played with Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Henry Mancini and many others, and was also a key figure at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation for many decades.
List of Stratocaster players; 0–9. Fender Stratocaster; B. The Black Strat; Blackie (guitar) Brownie (guitar) C. ... Fender Stratocaster XII This page was last ...
In the early to mid-'80s, he mainly used a customized Fender Stratocaster, called "The Beast", equipped with a Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. Towards the end of the '80s he used vintage strats and a Telecaster on tour. Keith is currently using his battered 1963 Fender Stratocaster and a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop when on tour.
Fender vintage 1950s Stratocaster – Use mainly in the studio or as a backup for his Fender Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster. (During Summer Sonic 2009 he asked for one in the middle of New Divide as his Rory Gallagher had a problem) Fender Jaguar; Fender Telecaster; Gibson Les Paul (no longer used)
He has used Fender Stratocaster guitars almost exclusively. His black 1957/63 (the body is from a '63; the neck from a '57) Stratocaster, previously owned by late Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, was used approximately between 1978 and 1988. [23] [24] It was used as a template by Fender to manufacture an Artist Signature model in 2009. [25]
Leo Fender made very few alterations to the basic design of the Fender Stratocaster (and the Telecaster for that matter) up until 1965 when the company was sold to CBS Instruments. [1] For example, the bridge cover on the Fender Stratocaster was often taken off by players and either disposed or kept in the case.
Bill Carson (July 8, 1926 – February 15, 2007), born in Meridian, Oklahoma, was a California Western swing guitarist for whom Leo Fender originally designed the Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in the early 1950s.