Timeless, iconic, yet also indisputably a product of the era in which it was designed, the Stratocaster was shaped in huge part by a few oft-overlooked players – one of whom suggested the whammy bar s ...

The Fender Stratocaster is the most successful electric ... That’s how Eric Clapton’s Blackie came to be. It was a buyer’s market for Strats in 1970 and Clapton was buying.