Timeline of Fender Electric Guitars, Basses, Amps.
Written by drbob on August 21, 2010 – 11:49 am -Timeline of Fender Electric Guitars, Basses, Amps.
Year, Model Description
• 1946 Hardwood Amplifiers
• 1948 Tweed Amplifiers
• 1950 June, Esquire (1 or 2 pickups)
• 1950 October, Broadcaster (replaced the 1 or 2 pickup Esquire)
• 1950 December, "NoCaster" as it is called since Fender clipped-off
the name "Broadcaster" from its decals as the name was already in use by Gretsch.
• 1951 January, Esquire (one pickup "NoCaster").
• 1951 summer, Telecaster.
• 1951 fall, Precision Bass, the first solidbody electric bass.
• 1954 spring, Stratocaster.
• 1956 spring, Electric Mandolin (four string).
• 1956 summer, Duosonic (two pickups) and MusicMaster (one pickup).
• 1958 summer, Jazzmaster.
• 1959 summer, Telecaster Custom (sunburst body with binding).
• 1960 White/Brown Amplifiers
• 1960 summer, JazzBass.
• 1961 late, Bass VI.
• 1962 summer, Jaquar.
• 1964 Black Amplifiers (know as "blackface" models)
• 1964 summer, Mustang
• 1965 summer, Electric XII (12 string solid body).
• 1968 fall, ThinLine Telecaster (semi-hollow "F" hole Tele).
• 1969 summer, Rosewood Telecaster (body and neck made of rosewood),
and the Thinline Tele were introduced.
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