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Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Fender designed the company's iconic early instruments: the Fender Telecaster , the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster , among the most iconic electric guitars ...
Leo Fender: The guitar genius who couldn’t play a note. On what would have been his 110th birthday, we look back at the life and times of Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender – the man whose maverick approach to guitar and amplifier design changed music forever. Leo Fender at the drawing board. Image: Bob Perine. By Tony Bacon.
Apr 23, 2024 · Leo Fender (born August 10, 1909, Anaheim, California, U.S.—died March 21, 1991, Fullerton, California) American inventor and manufacturer of electronic musical instruments. Together with George Fullerton, Fender developed the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar in 1951.
More than 70 years ago, Leo Fender founded Fender and subsequently changed the face of music as we know it with countless inventions and innovations. Now, in celebration of what would have been Leo Fender's 108th birthday, here is a list of eight facts that you might not have known about him (with an assist from his widow, Phyllis Fender): 1 ...
Mar 21, 2022 · How Leo Fender started the guitar company that changed the world. By Tony Bacon. published 21 March 2022. The early years that fuelled a golden era of guitar design. (Image credit: Fender) When Leo Fender and his colleagues launched the first Fender solid-body electric guitar in 1950, almost everyone who saw it thought he’d gone mad.
May 7, 2021 · A name synonymous with six-strings, Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender was doubtless one of the most influential people in the world of modern music. Leo Fender’s history and legacy, profound as they may be, have the plainest of origins—for one, he was literally born in a barn.
Since 2006, the Leo Fender Gallery at the Fullerton Museum Center has drawn visitors from around the world to marvel at the inventive genius behind the world’s most popular musical instruments. Rotating exhibits have focused on advertising, patent schematics, electric basses, and unique instruments and custom guitars from Fender and G&L ...
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