Soon after, Geddy began using the Fender Jazz Bass which was used on Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals and the supporting tours.

Fender, which had purchased Charvel-Jackson, began a licensing deal with the EVH brand, including producing new amps and signature guitars, such as a copy of Eddie's famous " Frankenstein " Strat-style guitar.

Although Paul approached the Gibson Guitar Corporation with his idea of a solid body electric guitar, they showed no interest until Fender began marketing its Esquire which later had a second pick-up added and became known as the Telecaster.

In keeping with his early rock and roll interests, Bolan began bringing amplified guitar lines into the duo's music, buying a white Fender Stratocaster decorated with a Paisley teardrop motif.

After Definitely Maybe, he began using smaller amps, singling out Fenders ( Princeton and Bandmaster ), and also a combo made by Clark Amplification, which builds amplifiers based on vintage Fender and Marshall amps.

The collection began in 1979 with an un-signed Red Fender Lead II guitar from Eric Clapton, who was a regular at the first restaurant in London.

In 1945, they began selling the guitar, in a kit with an amplifier designed by Fender.

Fender, assisted by draftsman Freddie Tavares, began designing the Stratocaster in late 1953.

In the early to mid 1970s, Gallagher began to use Fender amplifiers in conjunction with a Hawk booster, most notably a Bassman and a Twin, both 1950s vintage.

In 1956 Fender began issuing solid Stratocasters with alder bodies.

After purchasing Fender in 1965, CBS began to offer both a maple neck with a separate glued-on laminated maple fretboard in 1967 ( known as a " maple cap " neck ) and the rosewood fretboard over maple neck remaining the other neck option.

The popularity of this modification grew and eventually Fender began manufacturing models with a bridge humbucker option ( HSS ), denoted and separated from the original triple single coil by the title of " Fat Strat ", as a reference to the humbucker's distinct sound, as well as models with dual humbuckers ( HH ), better known as " Double Fat Strats ".

James Jamerson, who began his career playing upright bass, adopted the Fender Precision Bass electric instrument in 1962, and played both acoustic and electric bass on many Motown recordings.

Fender also began using Oxford, Utah and CTS speakers interchangeably with the Jensens ; generally the speaker that could be supplied most economically would be used.

In early 2003, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation made a deal with Gretsch and began manufacturing and distributing new Gretsch guitars.

Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan.

After re-joining Nine Inch Nails in 2008 he began using several other guitars on stage, including Jerry Jones baritone guitars ( similar in shape to Danelectro guitars ), Fender Jazzmasters, Fender Telecasters and Gibson ES-355s.

He began using Fender P-basses around the time of Persistence of Time until the release of his signature model.

Fender began making a version in Japan in the mid-1980s, and then introduced a USA-made reissue in 1999.

The Music Man story began in 1971 when Forrest White and Tom Walker talked with Leo Fender about starting a company they would call Tri-Sonic, Inc. White had worked with Leo in the very early days of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company as the plant manager and stayed on after the company was sold to the CBS Corporation, but had grown unhappy with their management.

It has been said that Music Man attempted to force Leo Fender into selling the CLF factory, and when he refused ~ Music Man began cutting orders trying to drive Leo into financial despair.

The rosewood neck became a standard feature until 1966 / 67, when the CBS-owned Fender companies began to offer a separate laminated maple fingerboard capped on a maple neck.

The album liner notes indicate that the nearly seven minute piece was recorded ' live ' in the studio in one take, using only a Fender Showman amplifier with a Bogen Challenger PA amplifier for a preamp and a Fender Stratocaster guitar — during which, according to a 1971 Guitar Player Magazine interview with Kath, the Strat's ( presumably broken ) neck "... was held together with a radiator hose clamp.

He dreamed of a Fender but it would take Sunde 11 years to get one.

But Fender was prepared to concede runs if it made him more likely to take wickets.

Fender killed Mary and her brother, and abducted her sister Haley, forcing Gibson to take up the “ slinger ” lifestyle once again.

Fender scored 820 runs and took 83 wickets, but according to Wisden, his impact came in more than just figures: " As a match winning factor he is a far greater force on a side than his records would suggest.

That year Surrey, depending largely on their pre-war team, had few effective bowlers ; Fender was the leading wicket-taker with 109 wickets in County Championship games.

In all first-class matches, Fender took 124 wickets at an average of 21. 40, the first time he passed 100 wickets in a season.

In the last game of the tour, against South Australia, Fender took 12 wickets, including seven for 75 in the first innings.

In all first-class matches Fender completed the double of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets for the first time ; he scored 1, 152 runs at 21. 33 and took 134 wickets at 26. 58, and also took 53 catches to become the first cricketer to pass 50 catches while completing the double ; in 2012, only Peter Walker has done so since.

Fender again completed the double in 1922 with 1, 169 runs and 157 wickets.

Upon returning to England, Fender had his best all-round season, scoring 1, 427 runs and taking 178 wickets.

Surrey finished third in the Championship, and Fender contributed 1, 004 runs and 84 wickets in all first-class matches.

In 1925, Fender returned to form, completing the double with 1, 042 runs and 137 wickets.

In all first-class matches, Fender completed the double again with 1, 043 runs and 112 wickets.

Fender failed to reach 1, 000 runs in 1927, although his average of 31. 96 was his best for five seasons, and took 89 wickets at 25. 75.

In 1930, Fender scored 700 runs and took 65 wickets, his least productive season for Surrey until then, and played fewer matches than in previous seasons as he worked as a journalist to cover the Test matches against Australia that season.

Fender scored 916 runs and took 84 wickets that season.

While none of these could compete against Fender or Gibson on sales figures, Music Man outpaced the competition by making ' players ' guitars with quick change pickup assemblies, Teflon coated truss-rods, low noise pickup designs, piezo bridge pickups, 5 and 6 bolt necks, sculpted neck joints, graphite acrylic resin coated body cavities and most importantly, consistently high quality fit and finish.

Some examples of this are the Fender Jazz Bass, introduced in 1960, which has used a pair of single coil pickups, one near the bridge and another one about half way between the bridge and the neck, and many Stratocaster style guitars, which often have 3 pickups with the middle one reversed electrically and magnetically.

The highest note he hit on the lap steel / slide solo was a B-flat nearly 3 octaves above middle C, followed by a reprise of the guitar solo from Part IV ( which was played by Snowy White live on Pink Floyd's 1977 tour so Gilmour could switch from the lap steel guitar back to his Fender Stratocaster ).

With the rising popularity of using pickups in combination, Fender introduced a new feature in 1977 coinciding with the standard 5-position switch ; a reverse-wound, reverse-polarity middle pickup.

* Richie Sambora: features an alder body, a 22-fret neck with maple fingerboard, mother of pearl " star " fingerboard inlays, Floyd Rose " Original " locking tremolo, 25dB active mid-boost circuit with active / passive switch, two Fender Texas Special single-coil pickups ( neck / middle ) and a DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucker in the bridge position.

Now favouring Rickenbacker 4003 basses and Fender Jazz Basses for new and old songs alike, he also uses a pick on a few new songs, including " Assassin ", the beginning of " Map of the Problematique ", the beginning of " Invincible ", and the beginning and middle of " Knights of Cydonia ", according to Muse's 26 August 2006 performance at the Reading Festival.