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What famous electric guitar designer didn't know how to play the guitar himself?

Leo Fender, founder of the Fender electric musical instrument company and designer of some of the most famous electric guitars, the Telecaster and Stratocaster, did not know how to play the guitar, or even tune it.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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