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Leo Fender. Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) also known as Leo Fender, was an American instrument maker. He founded a company called Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. It makes electric guitars, electric bass guitars, and electric guitar amplifiers. Leo Fender designed electric guitars which he called ...
Leo Fender was a man whose influence resonates around the world. In just about any public space—stage, restaurant, mall, you name it—the American inventor’s impact is spoken through the ambient acoustics of the electric guitar. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find an influential guitarist of rock ‘n roll or country western who ...
Az átmeneti időszakból akad néhány név nélküli modell, ezeket tréfásan "No-caster"-nek nevezik. Jó néhány újítás bevezetése után Leo Fender megbetegedett. A céget 1965 -ben 13 millió dollárért eladták a CBS -nek. Amikor Leo egészsége helyreállt, csatlakozott a CBS-Fender-hez arra a rövid időre, amíg 1970 -ben ...
Having been a radio repairman in the Forties, Leo knew a thing or two about tubes. He was building guitar amps as early as 1947, adapting designs from RCA tube application manuals. The basic circuits he devised were made increasingly more powerful and gave rise to amps like the Fender Pro, Champ, Bassman, Vibrolux, Showman, Deluxe and Twin, all ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Leo and Dale noticed the ’80s trend of vibratos with locking nuts and fine tuners catching on, and some of G&L’s mid-’80s models used Kahler tremolos while Leo worked on his own design. In 1989, he created a “patent pending” tremolo called the Leo Fender with Fine Tuners.
Jan 7, 2019 · Don Randall knew that Leo and Les were friendly, and both Don and Leo desperately wanted Les to adopt the Telecaster. So one evening in the middle of June, Randall went to try to make it happen. "I was up in Los Angeles Saturday night, and talked to Les Paul," Randall wrote to a colleague on June 21, 1951. " [I] left him a guitar and amplifier ...
Mar 21, 1991 · Businessman, Manufacturer. Creator of the the Fender Guitar. Born Clarence Leonidas Fender in Fullerton, California, as a boy he became interested in electronics and began dismantling and repairing radios. Opening the Fender Radio Service in Fullerton in 1938, he also dabbled in innovations for musical instrument. In...
