Pick up any timeless rock and roll recording – put it on your turntable, slip it in your CD player or tape deck, and chances are better than good that the sound you hear will meet two criteria: 1) the guitar defines the music; 2) The music was created by a guitar from one of the Big Three.
The “Big Three,” of course, are the Fender, Gibson, and Martin guitar companies – manufacturers who defined the instrument in its present incarnation and who all other manufacturers copy to a lesser or (more likely) greater extent. The companies are so synonymous with rock and roll that their products have become icons in their own right.
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