These instruments were produced as custom presentation instruments and gifted by Leo Fender to a select group of endorsing artists who had assisted Leo Fender with the development of the Stratocaster and in building the Fender brand. It is traditionally believed that this Fender Stratocaster guitar, bearing the serial number 0001 on the neck plate, was one of a number of pre-production and custom appointed guitars produced by the Fender Electric Instrument Company in Fullerton, California, between 19. Without any hard edges it allowed the instrument to fit comfortably against a musician’s body, a positive attribute for any performing guitarist. The outline of the Stratocaster body incorporated a flowing and rounded edge that tapered into an undulating wave on the back and front upper edge. Rex Gallion is often credited with Leo Fender’s evolution of the Contour Body, a shape unique to the Stratocaster at the time. Rex Gallion was an active musician on the California country and western scene and, along with his brother Von, an endorser of Fender instruments and amplifiers. DAVID GILMOUR’S WHITE FENDER STRATOCASTER #0001, USED TO RECORD PINK FLOYD’S HIT SINGLE ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2)įirst offered in 1954, the Fender Stratocaster was the product of a team of guitar designers and musicians who included Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, Freddie Tavares and Rex Gallion.

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