The Fender Stratocaster

Fender’s Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954 , its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear—it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before . In the hands of the world’s most beloved players, the Stratocaster has since become a popular weapon of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars