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1992-09-02
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Pioneering series of electric guitars and
bass guitars. The first solid-body electric
guitar on the market was the 1948 Fender
Broadcaster (renamed the Telecaster 1950),
and the first electric bass guitar was the
Fender Precision 1951. The Fender
Stratocaster guitar dates from 1954. Their
designer, Leo Fender, began manufacturing
amplifiers in the USA in the 1940s. Since the
traditional acoustic guitar is a mellow
instrument, amplification was needed to
project the sound in large halls.