Fender Guitar Quiz

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

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

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

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

5) Who named one of their Fender guitars Izabella?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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