Fender dates back to 1946, their first guitar: the broadcaster was released in 1950 followed by the Esquire, the Telecaster and in 1954 the Stratocaster.
Fender guitars have allot of quality if you want to go original. Epiphone guitars are also good guitars but much cheaper than Fender. So the brand names are..Epiphone and Fender
Gibson but it really depends on personal preference.
Besides Fender, they own the Squier and Jackson brand names.
Fender guitars.
Fender Gibson Ibanez Epiphone Dean Guitars and ther are ALWAYS more
Fender guitars was established in 1946.
Yes. He has some old Fender Stratocasters, Fender Telecasters, and a lot of old Gibson electric guitars. Unfortunately he, and lots of other Nashville musicians, lost a lot of valuable guitars and gear in the flood. You can find detailed info on his list in magazine articles, gearslutz.com, and various places onthe internet.
Guild is a famous maker of american guitars. Their guitars are handmade and produced in the United States which has given them the reputation of creating expensive, but very well made and good sounding guitars. In recent years they also provide cheaper but imported guitars. The brand has since been bought by Fender.
If you mean the musical instrument [guitars, mainly] company, it was founded by Clarence Leonidas Fender, more commonly known as Leo Fender in 1946. For a more complete history of the company, i suggest Wikipedia's entry on the brand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation
Yes. Much better. In my opinion, Gibson is the best guitar brand. Squier, is a part of fender and generally speaking, Squier guitars are not as good as fender.
In the 1940's, a California inventor named Leo Fender had made some custom guitars and amplifiers in his radio shop.
Honestly it depends on the guitar but most fender guitars are very good quality. Fender was voted the number 3 highest quality electric guitars in the world. It is behind Gibson and marsall.