Few inventions in recent history have managed, like the tools invented by the genius of Leo Fender, to compete for technological longevity and penetration into the collective imagination. It was he who in 1950 produced what would soon become the first true solidbody electric guitar, the Telecaster, which was quickly succeeded by the revolutionary Stratocaster. In Fullerton, in those incredible 1950s, the visionary Leo was laying the foundations of a myth that would provide thousands of instruments to musicians ready to invade the world with Rock culture. Pioneers of these instruments were guitarists such as Buddy Guy and Gene Vincent, but soon other giants such as Jimi Hendrix, Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, joined a list that had become endless over the decades. Research from a few years ago revealed that if someone were asked to think of an electric guitar, 90% of respondents would have mentally visualized a Fender Stratocaster!