The surf guitar king was not only a Fender man to his bones – he had a close working relationship with Leo Fender himself ...

He also began working with musicians to amplify acoustic guitars, just as electrified sound was becoming the fashion at concerts. Primitive solid-body electric guitars had been around since the ...

The Fender Stratocaster is widely-considered to be one of the most iconic electric guitars of all time, having been used by legends like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Harrison ...