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Leo Fender did get some of his ideas from Paul Bigsby who custom built a solid body electric guitar for Merl Travis, in 1948 Leo went to a show where Merl was playing the Bigsby, that is where he borrowed that guitar

I heard the first designer of the solid body electric guitar was with Robert Johnson that night on the crossroads. His nickname is String Heeled Jack.

Great job

Great job!

Awesome documentary.

Holy FUCKING Grail ....The "Nocaster" Omg ..Legendary !!

I ´m COMPLETELEY "7ENDERIZED" i Own two Strats and i HARDLY wan´t a 52´Tele ....

I was there. Adults hated it! They thought Rock 'N Roll to be too rebellious. They thought it was a passing fancy and could not wait for it to pass. But there were too many artists with too much music in them for it to die out ... it just kept getting stronger. My very first guitar was a 1954 Stratocaster with which, I joined the crowd in December of 1963.

This is such a great little documentary a lot of work went in to this . Thanks for sharing this I wish it was longer

I live about 6 houses away from Leo Fenders house in Fullerton. Fullerton is pretty obsessed with Fender.

Great job guys. Even though he never played guitar, or any musical instrument, Leo Fender's effect on music and modern culture is indelible.

Leo is a great man

Few people get it right first time out of the gate, but the telecaster, stratocaster and P-bass he designed in the early 1950's are still in widespread use today. What an accomplishment.

According to the shipping/receiving manager at Fender who was employed from 1958 through 1974 (I think) and who oversaw the transition to CBS for Leo, country musician Bill Carson may well have been instrumental in the contouring of the strat and possibly Fender Bass. My source told me that Carson would be given a tele and would bring it back with parts of the back and front hacked off because they dug into his ribs. I withheld the name of my source because I do not have his permission to use his name. I hope he is still alive, and though I spoke with him for about 3 hours, he had never been interviewed by anyone before that. I found a pic of him in a book about fender guitars, and I have no reason to doubt his story. He has one of the last 3 Strats made at CBS Fullerton before the employees bought the company. It had been presented to his father upon his retirement at the closing of the CBS plant. There is something special about the guitar that also verifies his story.

Amazing work on this video!!! A lot of facts I didn’t know previous from big budget Fender Documentaries! Great video and great work! Someone did there homework! 🤘🏽⚡️🎸

Didn't the esquire not have a truss rod? For some reason I remember reading that somewhere

JIMMY BRYANT. Com the first tele master

Gee wizz, such a fuss over a Ironing Board with a Piece of Paple slad screwed on it, strings streched, like a Dilly String. a SLAM with a NECK. a CHEAP Guitar! Made by a man who DID NOT PLAY GUITAR. Leo the Radio Reparman.

To all the people that say there too many mistakes, wrong information, I'm sure we would all like to know. What are they?

Great video! I enjoyed it, amencly! Thank you!

Leo found a need and created an entire industry around it. The recipe for success in any industry is to to find a way to make peoples lives easier by filling a need they didn't even know existed. The ideas the easy part, the implementation of that idea is much harder

Strange that Les Paul and Leo were inventing the same thing only a short distance from each other.

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Too bad he never honored his promise to give part of the company to Forrest, his general manager that guided the growth and organization of the company. Leo sold out and got millions, and Forrest just lost his job, basically broke. Freddy Tavaras, a Hawaiian genius totally revamped the amplifier designs for good voicing and reliability. Freddy was largely responsible for the Strat, not Leo. Without Forrest and Freddy, the company would have gone no-where. He was a great facilitator for others to contribute and build a great product line, but it was a huge team effort with 2 principal assistants at the top. Get your freaking facts right!!! this video is mostly mis-information.

To much wrong information here. Hade to stop watching after 4 minutes

The idea of the rock star moving all around with his guitar or bass came from Fender. He saw that with a standing up electric guitar and bass that the players could have choreographed moves. This lead to more freedom from the musicians to move, which lead to wilder movements- Rock n Roll

JIMMY BRYANT PLAYED THE FIRST TELECASTER.

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Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Saludos. Faltaron The Shadows, los primeros en UK. Gracias.

Leo Fender is a true American icon!!! this hero gave the world a perfect gift with his legacy!! thank you mister Fender!!!

What's the name of the song that plays when she's taking about CBS?

Leo Fender was an awesome guy and I have played his basses and guitars for decades. However, the inventor of the magnetic coil pickup and electric guitar is not unknown. His name is George Beauchamp. The inventor of the electric bass is Paul Tutmarc.

This is a good documentary that deserves a better voice over.

Please what's the name of the song In the beginning

Pretty good, but what about CLF industries?

Loar was the first to electrify the guitar in 1922, he worked for Gibson, but they were not interested until 1935.

Fantastic video! The most important informations, brieflly and easy to understand. Thank you from Germany.

they should have stayed handmade

Fantastic. So many hours of my life were made better thanks to Mr. Fender!

what the music in back at 7min30s?

great job on this.

God bless Leo.

That was good, thanks.

Well done documentary !

The vibrato on the telecaster is a Bigsby even when with the F mark... is not copied from Bigsby as it is a Bigsby unit that Fender was (is) buying (licencing) from Bigsby... nothing related with Merle Travis Bigsby Guitar...

they add kurk cogay and yngwie malmsteen

Very nice movie.

Leo Fender was a great man . He made amps and guitars that would hold up. If it took 2 bolts to hold it together he would put four bolts. There was another man that was his partener , 50/50 , Don Randall. Their partnership started in the very early 50s. Don Randall was very versed in electronics and he was the one that named the Broadcaster, Telecaster, Stratocaster, Bassman , Showman and many others. In 1965 when Leo was not feeling well , Don at Leo Fender request was to sell Fender. After the sale Leo felt a lot better . Don Randall started Randall Inst. and Leo started Musicman. .....

Why do store pickers demo guitars feeding back? When I sold Fender guitars I demo'd the tones, switching smooth. The wide range of styles it would sound good playing. I try to listen to what the salesman is saying but, I have to turn down when he starts shredding.