Leo Fender
Leo Fender invited Fullerton to join his company and Fullerton became a full-time Fender employee on February 28, 1948. He is credited with design innovations that allowed Fender to mass-produce its first solid body electric guitar, known today as the Telecaster, which the company introduced in 1949. After leaving Fender in 1970, he continued to work with Leo Fender at Music Man and later co-founded G&amp;L Musical Instruments along with Fender and longtime Fender salesman Dale Hyatt. Fullerton returned to Fender as a consultant in the company's custom shop in 2007. In November 2007, the company unveiled the limited edition George Fullerton 50th anniversary 1957 Stratocaster guitar and Pro Junior amplifier.