Strangely enough for a company synonymous with electric guitars, Fender's reason for being owes much to the elimination of feedback. Before Leo Fender, a onetime accountant and radio repairman, took up musical instrument manufacturing near the end of World War II, many players had tried to amplify the guitar. The problem was that no one was able to make feedback the servant, rather than the master. Leo fixed the problem, then rode two waves: postwar prosperity and guitar popularity. Add to the mix novel designs, close with perfect timing. The end result was a guitar, the Stratocaster, that redefined music as we know it.
Leo was successful before the Strat, as the Telecaster is the older sibling. (Extra trivia points if you know the Tele'
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