Fender guitars date back to 1946, and in that time, Fender has touched and changed music worldwide and in every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, and rhythm and blues, to name just a few. Fender instruments and amps have been used both by rank beginners and some of the world’s most talented artists and performers, making Fender a household name that has come to be synonymous with great guitar playing.

Vintage Fender guitars and amplifiers are highly collectible, so collectible, in fact, that Fender started a re-issue series of guitars in 1982. These guitars were so popular that the first few years of reissues, known as American Vintage Reissues, are themselves now high-priced collector’s items and are considered to be some of the finest guitars that Fender ever produced.  Vintage Fender models are  often worth large amounts of money, and many guitarists prefer the timbre or tone of the older models.

The list of guitarists who have played the Fender guitar exclusively is long, and Fender makes a line of signature models similar to the ones guitar greats play or played on. The more expensive of these guitars are an exact replica of the guitarist’s original instrument, and they are known as “Tribute” guitars. Artists with models available in the signature range include Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who all have their signature guitars immortalized by Fender in this Tribute line.

Fender has not only inspired generations of musicians, it has inspired everything from Fender fashion to guitar accessories. You can buy Fender shirts as easily as you can buy things like pick-ups and guitar strings. Fender continues to be a vital part of the music industry, supplying the world’s finest musicians with quality instruments. Say the word Fender, and everyone who hears it thinks immediately of great music.

In the 1940′s, a California inventor named Leo Fender began experimenting and making custom guitars and amplifiers in his radio shop. Eventually, he created the first instrument amplifiers with built-in tone controls. He had a vision of making a better guitar, and he knew he could improve on contemporary amplified hollow-body instruments.

And he was right. Leo Fender revolutionized the guitar, and since 1946, Fender electric guitars and amplifiers have had a huge influence on music and musicians. Fender is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and the Fender name has become synonymous with guitar playing.

In 1965, Fender was sold to CBS, and the look and feel of the Fender guitar began to change significantly. More mass production was used to produced the guitars, and the look and quality of the Fender guitar began to deteriorate. By 1971, the quality was definitely damaged, and musicians felt as if the newer designs were ruining the Fenders’s tone.

In the early 1980′s, Fender was bought from CBS by Bill Schultz, and manufacturing began to resume its earlier high quality. Fender was able to regain market share and built up its brand reputation once again. This caused a huge spike in the popularity of vintage and vintage-style guitars.

Vintage Fender guitars began to be highly collectible, and command great prices. For most vintage guitar collectors, the most desirable are the pre-CBS Fender guitars and amps. Because of this, Fender’s earliest guitars and amps are its most collectible. These guitars have one-piece maple necks, single layer pickguards, tweed cases … and unmistakably superior tone and timbre. These things seem to capture collectors the most.

But suppose you don’t play guitar, and don’t really want to collect guitars (or can’t afford to), but you still want something produced by Fender? Well, break out your inner rock and roller withFender shirts and other Fender clothing. For more than 60 years, Fender has been associated with rock legends and has been at the heart of great guitar music. Fender Clothing is based on this rock & roll history and the rock legends that use Fender guitars.

At the beginning of his career, Jimi wore a dark suit and plain silk shirts while onstage, but these suits became increasingly louder and more psychedelically patterned as his career progressed. He later sported a bright blue velvet suit, and then a bright red one, and one with very broad stripes. He often wore his antique military dress jackets, patterned silk and velvet jackets, assorted exotic vests and waistcoats, and flared pants in bright colors.

Jimi didn’t have many inhibitions, and he mixed and matched things into his wardrobe that traditionally only women wore. Many photographs of Hendrix show him wearing flowing scarves tied to one leg and one arm. He often wore brooches pinned to some article of his clothing, and he loaded up on rings, necklaces,and medallions. And when he played at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, he wore a bright pink feather boa. Eric Burdon of The Animals recalls seeing a girl backstage at Monterey fling the boa around Jimi’s neck. Regardless of where he got it, he would be seen in the feathery pink accessory countless times after that.

He had a love affair with hats, as well. He was fond of a wide-brimmed Western style hat. It had a narrow purple band and he decorated it with various brooches. The hat was later stolen from him, and he replaced it with another of the same type that he tied a long purple scarf onto, and embellished with a brooch and a set of silver bangles. Sometimes he stuck an angled feather into it. He also went through a bandana phase, giving up the hats for a period of time.

He started wearing more and more fantastic, custom-made stage costumes. They all had long trailing sleeves, and one of his most famous outfits during this period was the African-styled outfit that he wore throughout most of his final tour. Some of his more unforgettable attire included a blue kimono-style jacket that he wore in three TV appearances and a white fringed jacket decorated with blue glass beads that he wore at Woodstock.

With his ever-evolving style, Jimi Hendrix was a true fashion icon of his time. He experimented with different clothing, and started trends and vogues that are still popular, both with entertainers and the public. The Jimi Hendrix Shirt, vest, jackets and accessories are fashionable even today, decades after his death. is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!