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Electric Guitar

Fender Stratocaster · 1954

Leo Fender’s Stratocaster turned the guitar into an electronic instrument. Magnetic pickups sense string vibration as current, a 5-way selector blends their voices, and the synchronized tremolo bends pitch under the player’s hand.

Key specifications

Strings

6 (E2–E4)

Scale length

25.5 in (648 mm)

Pickups

3 single-coil

Introduced

1954

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Electric Guitar
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