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Bill Carson

1954 Fender Stratocaster
“Once You Could Get Your Ideas Across to Him, He Could Make It”: Bill Carson on Designing the Strat With Leo Fender The "test pilot of the Stratocaster" explains how the world’s most popular solidbody electric came into being in this revealing interview.
1959 Fender Stratocaster
This Experimental Stratocaster was Made and Owned by Co-Designer Bill Carson An early Fiesta Red Fender with gold hardware from the very first batch of rosewood ‘board Strats.
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