Here’s a cool interview with Bill Carson, “the father of the Stratocaster”. Bill talks frankly about Leo Fender and the development of Carson’s guitar.
As always, tune up, tune in and click pause on the music player located in the side bar before playing the YouTube.
Leo Fender dropped in to see a friend of mine play back in the 80s. My buddy asked Leo who his favorite guitarist was and Leo replied, “Roy Clark”; a Gibson lifer. Go figure.
Leo Fender is getting a special award from the Grammy people. From the LA Times…
Consequently, there are perhaps few people as deserving of the Recording Academy’s technical award as guitar maker Clarence “Leo” Fender, who will be given the honor posthumously at an invitation-only ceremony today at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. The award was created to recognize “contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.”
yes, yes ,yes…Good to see Leo Fender getting recognition but, I got to say the contribution was not merely “technical”.
Found this jewel at Premier Guitar. 1950 Fender Broadcaster:
Serial# 0099!
Now there’s one you could call, Guitar as a piece of Art!
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