Electric guitar

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Super fun though badly out of fashion in these modern times, the best electric guitars were invented by Leo Fender between 1952-4, and they have never been improved upon by anyone, including a remarkable transistor radio salesman in Fullerton California by the name of Leo Fender.

This masterpieces are the Broadcaster, the Telecaster — actually, just the Broadcaster renamed, and the otherworldly, alien, but sublimely perfect Stratocaster.

Gibson and others made electric guitars too but who cares frankly. Fender is where it is at.

See also

• Telecaster
• Stratocaster