Died On This Date (July 4, 2009) George Fullerton / Fender Guitars
themusicsover George Fullerton
March 7, 1923 – July 4, 2009
George Fullerton was a long time employee of Leo Fender, of Fender Guitar fame. Hired early on, Fullerton first worked in repair for Fender’s early guitars and amps. As Fender developed such models as the innovative Stratocaster and Telecaster, it was Fullerton’s job to figure out a way to mass produce them at an economical price. Where Fender designed the guitars, Fullerton created the machines that could mass produce them. George Fullerton died of congestive heart failure at the age of 86.