Who would have thought that an instrument designed 60 years ago could go largely unchanged and still be as iconic as ever in present day? As unlikely as that may seem, that’s the case with the Fender Stratocaster, which celebrates its 60th birthday in 2014, a full six decades after Leo Fender emerged from his workshop with the eye-catching guitar. Space-age lines, smooth contours, double cutaways
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