Abigail Ybarra retired in 2013 after a decorated 50-plus-year career. She came out of retirement earlier this year to help former Fender Master Builder Carloz Lopez create the Castedosa ABI ...

Abigail Ybarra, “The Queen of Tone,” started hand-winding guitar pickups for Fender in 1958. Fender figures her pickups were on guitars played by Buddy Holly and Jimi Hendrix.