Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fender 1954 Stratocaster


Fender 1954 Stratocaster, considered as musical instrument icon, the 1954 Fender Stratocaster had Small headstock , two-tone sunburst finish, one-piece maple neck with skunk stripe and 7.25" fingerboard radius, 4-bolt neck attachment with serial number and some very early Fender Stratocaster have serial number on tremolo cover, "bakelite" pickup covers and control knobs, tremolo cover has round string holes, round string tree, 8-screw single layer white vinyl pickguard, "spaghetti"-style headstock logo decal, two-piece tremolo with adjustable saddles stamped with "Fender Pat Pending," Kluson tuners with no name on them.

This unique instrument of his time and legendary instrument of this time, had feel and distinctly clear soul of his own, small headstock, the two-tone sunburst finish is classic handmade finishing, the 1954 Strat just to obvious to be one of the masterpiece of the musical instrument, this guitar will have their own touch and feel that for sure.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Fender '50s Stratocaster


The Fender '50s Stratocaster are one of fender legendary line of guitar in his time, and fender had reissue this beautiful musical instrument of the 50s in his classic series, available in 2-Color Sunburst, Daphne Blue, Black, Fiesta Red, Surf Green, and Polyester Finish. With alder body, maple neck, 21 frets vintage style frets, and 3 Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat Pickups with Staggered, Alnico Magnet Pole Pieces and aged covers. Although this is the reissued series of the Fender classic series, the look are astonishingly like an older pieces of instrument back in the 50's, the hardware are chromed, aged knobs and switch sip,vintage styling, and synthetic bone nut.

Fender '50s Stratocaster classic series first introduced in January 1999 with deluxe Gig Bag. It labeled in $700-900. But if u really go for vintage guitars you should considered this, on April 2004 Christie's fine musical instruments auction labeled 1954 Fender Stratocaster in estimate price between $12,000-18,000, that will give u 1954 strat with body of ash, 'Sunburst' finish, the maple neck with 'skunk-stripe' routing, and original 'tweed' case.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Fender telecaster


The Fender telecaster was developed in California by the year 1949 by Leo Fender. Fenders Telecaster was the design that finally put the solid-body guitar on the planet. Fender telecaster commercial production track back form 50s. The Telecaster has been in continuous production in one form or another since its first introduction, making the telecaster the world's oldest solid-body electric guitar.

The first production model of Fender telecaster appeared in 1950, and was called the Esquire. Less than fifty guitars produced under that name, and most replaced because of manufacturing problems. In particular, the Esquire necks had no truss rod and many were replaced due to bent necks. Later in 1950, this single-pickup model was discontinued, and a two-pickup model was renamed the Broadcaster. From this point onwards all Fender necks incorporated truss rods. The Gretsch company, itself a manufacturer of hollowbody electric guitars (and now owned by Fender), claimed that "Broadcaster" violated the trademark for its Broadkaster line of drums, and as a newcomer to the industry, Fender decided to changed the name from Broadcaster to Telecaster, The Esquire was reintroduced as a one-pickup Telecaster with lower price.

Fender stratocaster


Fender stratocaster, is designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top horn for balance while standing. The Fender stratocaster used by many master guitarist in all music scene, from bluess to rock, from jazz to swing, it's one of the most popular guitars of all time. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and the Fender Telecaster. The design of the Fender stratocaster has been marked to be one of the classic and had steal the heart of many of his fan.

Fender Stratocaster was offered only in a 2-color sunburst finish in the early production (50s model) , together with a solid one-piece maple neck with 21 frets, black dot inlays and Kluson machine heads. There was also a set of available custom colors that wasn't standardized until 1960. These custom colors were mostly automobile lacquer colors made by Dupont and could be had for an extra 5% cost. The single-ply, 8-screw hole white pickguard was a unique concept that allowed all of the guitar's electronic components to be mounted on one easy-to-remove surface. Subsequent Stratocaster designs (by both Fender and other imitating companies) have ostensibly improved upon the original in usability and sound, but vintage Fender models are still often worth large amounts of money and the older the models the more value its.


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Fender guitars


Fender is a manufacturer amplifiers and electric guitars, and the most known electric guitar, the Stratocaster and the Telecaster. Fender company, previously named the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was founded in Fullerton, California, by Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender in 1946.
Leo Fender also known for designed one of the first solid-body electric bass, the Precision Bass (P-Bass). Hwo commercially very success.

Fender offered the first mass-produced solid-body Spanish-style electric guitar, the Telecaster (originally named the 'Broadcaster')

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Guitar Story

Guitar story begin before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having "a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides". Instruments similar to the guitar have been popular for at least 4,000 years. While today's classical guitar first appeared in Spain, it was itself a product of the long and complex history that saw a number of related guitar types developed and used across Europe.

The roots of the guitar can be traced back thousands of years to an Indo-European origin in instruments, then known in central Asia and India. For this reason the guitar itself is distantly related to instruments such as the tanbur and setar, and the Indian sitar. The oldest known iconographic representation of an instrument displaying all the essential features of a guitar being played is a 3,300 year old stone carving of a Hittite bard. The modern word, guitar, was adopted into English from Spanish guitarra (German Gitarre, French Guitare), loaned from the medieval Andalusian Arabic qitara, itself derived from the Latin cithara, which in turn came from the earlier Greek word kithara, a possible descendant of Old Persian sihtar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar

Guitars


Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in music. guitars can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the sound is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or an amplifier that can electronically produce tone. Electric guitars were introduced in the 1930s.

Guitars have usually been constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut, or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are many brands of guitars, but some commonly known brands are Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Martin, Jackson, Schecter, etc.