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Instruments
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
Sheet 003 · Plate 1 of 1 · 1:1 infographic
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