Here are some Famous Fender guitar pictures as played by the Legends


Jimi Hendrix Strat - A circa 1960 / 61 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster guitar Serial number 72961 owned and used by Jimi Hendrix. An extensively, concert played and studio used Sunburst Fender
Stratocaster given to Bob Levine by Jimi.

Eric Clapton Strat - Uniquely personal to Clapton and played throughout the 1970s until the mid 1980s 'Blackie' composite Fender Stratocaster, c. 1956-1957

Custom made for Clapton and numbered -EC 1- The Gold Leaf Fender Stratocaster '50th Anniversary', 1996


Jeff Beck Esquire - Jeff Beck's 1954 Esquire that he played with The Yardbirds. Given to Seymour Duncan years ago by Beck,

Ritchie Blackmore Strat - The Blackmore model features a set-in maple neck, scalloped rosewood fingerboard, ‘70s large headstock, two gold Fender®-Lace Sensor pickups, two-point synchronized tremolo, Dunlop flush-mount strap lock system. Available with or without the Roland GK-2 pickup system.


Hank Marvin Strat -

David Gilmour Strat - The latest version of the guitar now with a Fender ‘57 reissue maple neck.
Here in Venice, summer 2006.


1955 Esquire
David’s perhaps most well known Telecaster, is the 1955 Esquire pictured on the About Face album cover, - often referred to at the “Workman Tele” - probably due to it’s well worn exterior. An Esquire differs from the Telecasters in that they don’t have the neck pickup, but Gilmour’s guitar has a custom neck pickup, made and installed by Seymour Duncan (who then worked at Fender).


Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat - In 1973, Stevie Ray Vaughan walked into Ray's Music Exchange in Austin, Texas, and fell in love with a beat up, thick-neck, tobacco-sunburst Fender Stratocaster. Vaughan had no money and offered the owner a 1963 maple-neck strat in much better condition as a trade. The owner gladly accepted.
The 1959 sunburst body with a 1962 neck became known as First Wife or Number One. Throughout his career Vaughan had many guitars, but none more loyal or battle-tested than Number One

Mark Knopfler Strat - 1961 Stratocaster (SN - 80470)
This was Mark?s main guitar through 1977 to 1979, and was used extensively live. Quite easy to pick out because of its black volume knob. It has a non-standard red finish; to replicate Hank Marvin?s Strat he adored so much as a child. Also, you may notice that it has a maple fingerboard, and that they weren?t available at the time. As a result of the replacement, there is no skunk stripe. The strap button from the upper horn has been moved onto the back. These mods were done by a repair man called Sam Lee (probably sometime during 1978). The guitar can be seen on the Sultans Of Swing and Wild West End Videos. In 1982 the neck was replaced with a one piece maple Schecter neck.
1978; you can see there?s no volume knob (and you can see the strap goes behind).