Few guitars carry more historical weight than the Fender Telecaster. With its compact body and brash, incisive twang, the Telecaster—first introduced by Fender in the 1950s—played a pivotal role in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. In 1954, Leo Fender revolutionized the electric guitar and music forever with the ...

Put a guitar in the hands of an artist like Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Tom Morello and you have a template, not a finished product. Since Leo Fender started Fender with repairable ...