Fender

=**Leo Fender was trying to make a solid body guitar. In 1938 Leo produced a prototype. It was called the Fender Brordcaster. In 1950 Leo made the Fender Telecaster, When the Telecaster came out Fender went commercial. In 1954 the Fender Stratocaster came out and the Fenders became very popular. In 1965 Leo was getting sick and sold Fender to Columbia Broadcasting System, or [|CBS] for $13 million. .On October 28, 2007, Fender announced its intention to buy Kaman Music Corporation (owners of Hamer Guitars, Ovation Guitars, Genz Benz amplifiers, Gibraltar Hardware, along with many others, and exclusive distributor for Sabian cymbals and Takamine Acoustic Guitars). Fender still runs now and any Fender broadcasters are worth over $10,000 which is pretty good but most people that own it will keep it for their collection. This is the Fender website [|Fender]**=