To celebrate the guitar’s 70th birthday, Fender has released a Limited Edition 1954 Hardtail ... guitars, just as electrified sound was becoming the fashion at concerts. Primitive solid-body ...

Primitive solid-body electric guitars had been around since the 1930s, but Fender envisioned a mass-produced, affordable model that would be easier to hold, tune and play. In 1950, Fender released ...