Fender

La **Fender Musical Instruments Corporation**, a la debuta nomenada **Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company**, foguèt fondada per Clarence Leonidas Fender en 1946, e es una de las mai famosas societats que fabrican de guitarras electricas, bassas electricas e amplificadors, e tanben de guitarras acosticas e autres produches que s'i raportan.

Fender es particularament important per son ròtle dins la diffusion de massa de las guitarras electricas de tipe *solid body* (de còs solid). Fender porgiguèt la primièra produccion de massa de guitarra electrica *solid-body* d'estil espanhòl, la Telecaster (d'en primièr nomenada 'Broadcaster', 'Esquire' es una version unica represa); la primièra bassa electrica produsida en massa, la Precision Bass (P-Bass); e la fòrça famosa  guitarra Stratocaster (Strat) . Fender foguèt pas la primièra entrepresa de fabricar de guitarras electricas , d'autres societats avian produsida de guitarras electricas dempuèi 1920,mas pas cap d'aquelas aguèt  pas lo succès de Fender. A mai, coma totas las autres guitarras mai pròches èran de guitarras de còs cau o d'instruments  mai especializats  coma las guitarras *lap steel* hawaiianas Rickenbacker, Fender  creèt una  guitarra electrica polivalenta de còs solid.

D'autres instuments Fender populars e/o notable son: las guitarras Mustang, Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Starcaster, Duosonic,e  Bronco ; per las bassas : la Jazz Bass, la 'Telecaster Bass' represa de la Precision Bass originala de 1950; una linha de * lap steels*; tres models de violon electrics , e lo piano electric Fender Rhodes. 

L'ostal maire de la societat es situada a Scottsdale (Arizòna), e los luòcs de fabricacion a Corona  (Califòrnia), Ensenada (Mexic), e en Corèa e Japon.

## Produches
### Guitarras electricas

*Fender Broadcaster
*Fender Bullet
*Fender Duo-Sonic
*Fender Electric XII
*Fender Jaguar
*Fender Jag-Stang - cocreada amb Kurt Cobain
*Fender Jazzmaster
*Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan
*Fender HM Strat EUA/Japon
*Fender Lead Series
*Fender LTD
*Fender Musicmaster
*Fender Mustang
*Fender Prodigy
*Fender Performer
*Fender Showmaster
*Fender Starcaster
*Fender Stratocaster
**Buddy Guy Polka Dot Stratocaster
**Eric Clapton Stratocaster
**Eric Johnson Stratocaster
**Jeff Beck Stratocaster
**Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster
**John Mayer Stratocaster
**Mark Knopfler Stratocaster
**Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster
**Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster 
**Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster
**Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster
*Stratocaster XII
*Fat Strat
*Fender Telecaster
**Fender Telecaster Custom
**Fender Telecaster Deluxe
**J5 Telecaster
**Fender Telecaster Squire
**Fender Telesonic
*Fender Bronco
*Fender Custom
*Fender Katana
*Fender Swinger
*Fender Toronado
*Fender Cyclone

### Bassas electricas

*Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass
*Fender Jazz Bass
*Fender Jaguar Bass
*Fender Mustang Bass
*Fender Precision Bass
*Fender Performer Bass
*Fender Tele Bass
*Fender VI
*Fender Zone Bass
*Fender Dimension Bass
*Fender Bass V
*Fender Bronco Bass
*Fender Bullet Bass

### Amplificadors
*Twin
*Twin Reverb
*Deluxe Reverb
*Fender Tremolux
*Super Reverb
*Blues Junior
*Blues Deluxe
*Blues DeVille
*Bassman
*Bandmaster
*Bandmaster Reverb
*Showman
*Dual-Showman
*Concert
*Princeton
*MetalHead
*Vibroverb 
*vibro-King
*Pro Junior
*Hot Rod Deluxe
*Hot Rod DeVille
*Supersonic
*Frontman II
*G-DEC
*B-DEC
* Cyber Twin
* Ultimate Chorus

*Fender Vibratone

## Veire tanben
*Gibson Guitar Corporation
*Rivalitat entre Fender e Gibson
*Rhodes piano
*Gretsch
*Squier
*3rd Bridge

## Ligams extèrnes
*Fender Musical Instruments sit oficial
*Bass Guitar Magazine criticas de las bassas Fender