an important design

The Fender Stratocaster was designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavers in 1954 and has been in production ever since. The important feature of this guitar is the shape, which is called a double cut away providing easier access to the higher frets under the strings. There is a groove at the back of the guitar where it rests with a slim lined, solid body. Guitars like these at the time were a revolution as up until this point electric guitars were large bodied and hollow used and made for jazz. These sleeker designs such as the stratocaster relied on the electronics allowing the shape to be slimmed down. This created the possibility for a brand new generation of music which gave it the time to refine as a classic.