Fender Guitar Quiz

1) Leo Fender’s first guitars were designed in collaboration with inventor Doc Kauffman who had previously worked for which other guitar company?

2) What is the typical pick-up configuration of the Fender Stratocaster?

3) The Fender Telecaster was originally launched with a different name, what was it?

4) Wilko Johnson’s signature Telecaster is what colour?

5) Eric Clapton’s famous black Stratocaster, Blackie, sold at auction in 2004 for who much?

6) Which guitar brand did Leo Fender launch in 1975?

7) Who named one of their Fender guitars Izabella?

8) What differentiates the Thinline Telecaster from the standard Telecaster?  

9) In 2019 Fender acquired the Bigsby brand, famous for its vibrato system, from which other guitar manufacturer? 

10) In which year did Fender acquire the Squire brand?

11) Leo Fender famously did not play the guitar, but which instrument did he learn to play?

12) The Fender Jag-Stang guitar was designed by which guitarist?

13) In which country is the Fender Player series manufactured?

14) Steve Cropper of Booker T and MGs mostly played which Fender guitar?

15) Bonnie Raitt is most associated with which Fender guitar?

16) In 2020, the Fender company’s UK division, Fender Europe, was fined £4.5 million for what? 

17) What is the usual scale length in inches of the Stratocaster and Telecaster?

18) In what year did Fender launch the Jaguar guitar?

19) Leo Fender sold Fender to CBS in which year?

20) In 2009 Fender lost a court case relating to the Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision bass. What was the case?