Fender is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and the Fender name has become intricately intertwined with all things rock and roll. Fender guitars such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass guitars are known worldwide as the musical instruments that paved the way for the musical transformation of the 50′s and 60′s, and [...]

While guitarists in the early part of this century played on acoustic guitars, in the 1930′s, jazz musicians began experimenting with amplifying hollow-bodied guitars so they played at the same sound level as other instruments. One problem that they encountered was that the speakers and pickups generated feedback when they were played at a high [...]