The Leo Fender Appreciation Thread

[Cato]

let's praise him!

[Cato]

I deeply appreciate that he designed Stratocaster.

[Cato]

Fender amps are grate as much as their guitars. they influenced Jim Marshall. he copied the Fender amps diagram and arranged it a bit. and he finally created the sound of rock music.
so, if you use Marshall, you must thank Leo.

[Matt White]

LEO is a true American Legend

The Strat

the Tele

BRILLIANT

[The_KiD]

Originally posted by Matt White
LEO is a true American Legend

The Strat

the Tele

BRILLIANT

Could not agree more.. I love my Strat...

Cheers,

KiD

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Cato
I deeply appreciate that he designed Stratocaster.

Me too...'specially since that's practically all I play/build...




Can't imagine life without the Strat....:eek:

[Cato]

what's the strat with a reverse headstock (white pick guard), can you post a closeup shot?

it looks very kewl. I will build a similar one.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Cato
what's the strat with a reverse headstock (white pick guard), can you post a closeup shot?

it looks very kewl. I will build a similar one.

Thanks. I found it (the 1-piece ash body) in a pawnshop, replaced the neck with a Warmoth one with a Pau Ferro fretboard, put on a Fender American Vintage bridge, some Dimarzio virtual vintage pickups, locking tuners...it kicks ass.

[Nitro Express]

It's amazing how much Fender got right in those early designs. Then there was the Jazzmaster and jaguar but the Strat and Telecaster are what people really fell in love with.

Leo Fender listened to real musicians. The contour body of the Strat was the idea of a country play by the name of Bill Carson. The tremelo on the Strat was designed by a Hawaiian slide guitar player named Freddie Traveres. Freddy played the slide opening to the Looney Toon cartoons.

How do I know this stuff? I have sevral books on Fender. LOL!

[MERRYKISSMASS2U]

I love how he didn't even play guitar, yet designed one of the most popular models ever.

[kentuckyklira]

Originally posted by jhale667
Me too...'specially since that's practically all I play/build...




Can't imagine life without the Strat....:eek:

Reversed headstocks are sexy!

That said, here´s to Leo, cheers!

[kentuckyklira]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I love how he didn't even play guitar, yet designed one of the most popular models ever.

That might have been the secret of his success. His design was inspired by nothing more than common sense. I know that if I were to design my dream guitar, it wouldn´t be something your average beginner could pick up and feel comfertable with.

[Cato]

Originally posted by jhale667
Thanks. I found it (the 1-piece ash body) in a pawnshop, replaced the neck with a Warmoth one with a Pau Ferro fretboard, put on a Fender American Vintage bridge, some Dimarzio virtual vintage pickups, locking tuners...it kicks ass.

the 1-piece ash body was in a pawnshop? ummm...I can't imagine how it went there.

so, where's the neck?

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Cato
the 1-piece ash body was in a pawnshop? ummm...I can't imagine how it went there.

so, where's the neck?

Me neither, but their loss was my gain . I sold every other piece of hardware on it...sold the neck to a friend of mine...

[DLRdelight!]

i dont know why but i have never really liked the strats. maybe i just havent picked up the right one

[indeedido]

Love the output jack on the Strats. Easy to find. Can be played sitting down. Kudos

[BrownSound1]

Let's not forget that Fender invented the electric bass as well. Fender basses are the standard by which all others are measured. Funny how little things have changed since those first guitars and basses were made in the 50's. Lots of fads since then, but everyone ends up going back to the originals at some point in time.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by MERRYKISSMASS2U
I love how he didn't even play guitar, yet designed one of the most popular models ever.

Leo Fender basically owned an electrical appliance shop. He was the dude who would sell you a new radio or fix a broken radio for you. He also loved country western music.

The early Fender guitar designs came from listening to country western musicians at the time. Some said they didn't like how the Telecaster dug into their torso and arm when they played it. It was a guy named Bill Carson who had the idea of carving contours into the body. He figure since the guitar was electrical, then the body could be any shape. The horns on the Strat were borrowed from the Precission Bass since that longer horn on top helped balance the guitar better.

So Leo gets the credit but the ideas came from sevral people. Leo just listened to what the customer wanted and gave it to them. Some people think that's a new concept but not really.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
Let's not forget that Fender invented the electric bass as well. Fender basses are the standard by which all others are measured. Funny how little things have changed since those first guitars and basses were made in the 50's. Lots of fads since then, but everyone ends up going back to the originals at some point in time.

I still love the sound of the Precission bass and the neck on the Jazz Bass is unequalled in my book. You are right. Look at Geddy Lee. He started playing a Jazz bass, went to Richenbacher, then Steinberger, then Wall, and others and now he's back to playing a Jazz bass.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
i dont know why but i have never really liked the strats. maybe i just havent picked up the right one

I think you naturally evolve towards the instrument that best suits you. I love Gibsons but I ended up selling a nice Les Paul because I never played it. I got used to the Fender string spacing and going to a Gibson messed me up. I just played the Fender Strat type guitars more.

Kind of like how you find the right person to marry. You just hang around each other long-enough and like each other enough to say, "Fuck it let's get married." LOL!

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Cato
Fender amps are grate as much as their guitars. they influenced Jim Marshall. he copied the Fender amps diagram and arranged it a bit. and he finally created the sound of rock music.
so, if you use Marshall, you must thank Leo.

Thanks Leo!!!

[Reverberator]

Leo Fender was a top bloke .

I also have a guitar made by a man called Gibson , was his first name Saggitarius?

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
Reversed headstocks are sexy!

That said, here´s to Leo, cheers!

The whole guitar is sexy. One night I was just kicking it back and I looked at my Strat with it's sexy feminine curves and got horny. Went into the bedroom where my wife was reading a novel. She took one look at me and knew I was in fucking anf romping mood. She asked what got me horny and I said looking at my guitar. She laughed and we fucked. LOL!

[smaz]

Thankyou Mr. Fender

Tried a Precision Bass, it had a great sound but was after a Jazz, nice basses

[Reverberator]

Could have been Capricorn.