Happy Birthday Leo Fender; born on this day in 1909 {August 10th}... He passed away on March 21st, 1991 at the age of 81... R.I.P. Mr. Fender and Thank You for your great guitars...
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.
@@LeviBulger That is true, but my understanding from what I read is that the early Fender amplifiers were existing published vacuum tube circuits, while his guitars were his original designs. If I am wrong about the origin of his amplifier circuits, please correct me.
He had help, in 1947 he went to.see merle Travis who had a solid body guitar made by Paul Bixby, he borrowed that guitar for a week and got a lot of ideas how to make the telecaster
@@JohnAdams-xc5yk Rickenbacker did the frying pan electric guitar first and Bigsby did one some time after. However Tele, Strat and p-bass are around decades later and the others aren't. So I stand by my statement, Fender got is right the first time. If the others had gotten it right, they'd still be around.
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.
if it weren't for Leo... I bet you anything that bass guitars would suck nowadays... he set a standard in how a bass should look, feel and play... and to this day, the common stereotype for a bass guitarist's main bass is a Fender Jazz or Precision bass... I own a J-bass and it absolutely beats my Tanglewood in brightness and punchy, deep tone despite having active pickups... and give the thing some distortion... you just unchain a beast and, unlike older or less bright sounding basses... it's a real easy job to 'tame' and use!! it really does kick Fender's work into a new perspective... if it weren't for Fender, I don't think I would be a guitarist!!
In the analogue 2" tape recording days, sound engineers knew exactly how to record Fender basses, but bring in a Rick or a Gibson and expensive studio time stretched out trying to make them sound good. I've heard anecdotally that less famous bassists were asked if they could use a Fender for the recording.
This is such a wonderful video. The girl narrator is very pleasant and has done her research on this topic. It feels like it was done for a college course and should receive an A. Well done! Thanks
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.
Great video Stephanie, very informative and I came upon it on this day today that just happens to be Leo Fender birthday, he would have been 102 today. So thanks for sharing this great video, and a very gracious thank you to Mr. Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender, who was a huge influential part in bringing to us the music that we all take such great pleasure in listening to on a daily basis. Rest In Peace Leo :)
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
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.
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. .....
Everybody copied Leo's amps... Jim Marshall said without Leo's Fender bassman amp there wouldn't be the big Marshall stacks you see today... Also when Leo's wife died Leo was never the same and it was the real reason for the sale to CBS...
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S Yes.. The Marshall amp model 1959 was a copy of the Fender "59 Bassman" schamitc.I had lunch today ,3-11-15, with Wallis Grover the jr. accountent & CPA for Leo Fender & Don Randallfrom 1969 untill Don Randall's death in 2008.Here are the facts:1965 Fender sold to CBS, along with Squire strings , Leslie speaker, Rogers drums, Rhodes piano.1979 Ester, Leos wife , died 14 years after the sale on Fender.1980 Leo married Phillis .1991 Leo passed on March 21.If you have any questions, contact me. Gary Sunda
Ester Fender died in 79?.. damn i read Ester died in late 64 and that was the main reason Leo sold to CBS...just goes to show i guess you cant believe everything you read can you... the book "The Fender Stratocaster" by A.R Duchossoir...I guess they were wrong..
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! 🤘🏽⚡️🎸
Well for starters the begginings of the solid body guitar went a little different than what was described in this video but I'm not gonna sit here and type the whole damn thing out. Just watch videos of les paul talking about it and actual fender documentaries and you will see
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
In the late 50's and early 60's a drastic shift in american culture was aroused by the uprising of music legends such as; Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Whether you consider this change to be positive or negative; it is indisputable that IT WAS POSITIVE!
actually, the Esquire could come in two pickup models. Often called the Double Esquire, though only having the standard name Esquire on the head stock. They're pretty rare. The double Esquire is what became the Broadcaster, the No-Caster and the 1951-1952 Telecasters, all of which provide the same blend control wiring scheme.
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
I have a pretty good size collection of acoustic and electric guitars including some expensive famous brands etc, and I can tell you that apart from several of my Ovation Celebrities, my white (made in Mexico) Fender Strat is my favorite guitar of all of them, and I'm a huge Gibson Les Paul fanatic. But that one guitar just molds to me like it was part of my anatomy. And the Strats with the simple, plain, all maple neck are the BEST and easiest to play than any rosewood binded necks out there!
the beatles mainly used rickenbacker, epiphone and gibson. BUT! george harison did use a rosewood telecaster during the let it be era. John also used a Fender bass IV..... they also used fender amps during the white album era and the let it be era. Fender in some way or form was everywhere in the 60s. Fender rules.... i wouldn't play anything else.
Joe satriani is there using ibanez because those types of guitars are known as super strats( Jackson ibanez Washburn) all based on strats hopefully that answered your question bud
Nicely done. One note, you might look into the music software and hardware industries profits for a year ( I don't know if you included that in your digital download info or not. Its a very minor point in any event). Once again, a job well done with the video. Thanks.
I just sold my Stratocaster 65 because I rarely played it....I am much more into Gibsons in particular Les Pauls but I am aware that now there is something missing in my collection. I have never liked the shape and esthetics of Fender guitars probably because I come from classical music and played the cello for 20 years and therefore the shape of Gibsons seems more organic and attractive to me...but I have great respect for Fender in terms of innovation.
hey people, help me please. I need a decent strat so I´m in chase of someone like this... (SImilar in look, I mean) or a deluxe daphne blue.... which one you will buy in my place?
One goof I noticed was when you mention guitars, basses and amps. at 8:33 you mention the bass and the picture changes to what is looking like a Fender Jaguar, but it's a model I'm not familiar with. Otherwise this was a great informative video, and it's honestly not a huge deal, just thought I'd let you know!
One thing, The fender Esquire was the first COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL E.G. Since the Gibson Les Paul (Which is a hollow body without F-holes anyways) Was too expensive
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...
Just laughing because it looks like the guitarist at 4:46 is playing a tele with a sticker on it saying "YOU SUCK". Probably not seeing it right, but that's what it looks like. Birth of country punk?
Happy Birthday Leo Fender; born on this day in 1909 {August 10th}...
He passed away on March 21st, 1991 at the age of 81...
R.I.P. Mr. Fender and Thank You for your great guitars...
Leo Fender is a true American icon!!! this hero gave the world a perfect gift with his legacy!! thank you mister Fender!!!
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.
Don't forget about his amplifiers, which Vox, Marshall and countless other manufacturers have borrowed the original fender circuit design from.
@@LeviBulger That is true, but my understanding from what I read is that the early Fender amplifiers were existing published vacuum tube circuits, while his guitars were his original designs. If I am wrong about the origin of his amplifier circuits, please correct me.
He had help, in 1947 he went to.see merle Travis who had a solid body guitar made by Paul Bixby, he borrowed that guitar for a week and got a lot of ideas how to make the telecaster
@@JohnAdams-xc5yk Rickenbacker did the frying pan electric guitar first and Bigsby did one some time after. However Tele, Strat and p-bass are around decades later and the others aren't. So I stand by my statement, Fender got is right the first time. If the others had gotten it right, they'd still be around.
Fantastic. So many hours of my life were made better thanks to Mr. Fender!
Well-done documentary. I've been a Fender player for 46 years, and still have a Telecaster® and a Precision®. Thanks much, Leo.
Very well done; I'm a real Fender hound, and it's nice to know Leo is still appreciated.
Fantastic video!
The most important informations, brieflly and easy to understand.
Thank you from Germany.
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.
I live about 6 houses away from Leo Fenders house in Fullerton. Fullerton is pretty obsessed with Fender.
This is such a great little documentary a lot of work went in to this .
Thanks for sharing this
I wish it was longer
It was 20 years today that he passed away. Thank you Mr. Fender for making my favorite guitars and amps. RiP
if it weren't for Leo... I bet you anything that bass guitars would suck nowadays... he set a standard in how a bass should look, feel and play... and to this day, the common stereotype for a bass guitarist's main bass is a Fender Jazz or Precision bass... I own a J-bass and it absolutely beats my Tanglewood in brightness and punchy, deep tone despite having active pickups... and give the thing some distortion... you just unchain a beast and, unlike older or less bright sounding basses... it's a real easy job to 'tame' and use!! it really does kick Fender's work into a new perspective... if it weren't for Fender, I don't think I would be a guitarist!!
In the analogue 2" tape recording days, sound engineers knew exactly how to record Fender basses, but bring in a Rick or a Gibson and expensive studio time stretched out trying to make them sound good. I've heard anecdotally that less famous bassists were asked if they could use a Fender for the recording.
You did a great video. This is practically a mini-documentary, quite impressed with your effort.
Great video. Thanks for sharing it with us!
This is such a wonderful video. The girl narrator is very pleasant and has done her research on this topic. It feels like it was done for a college course and should receive an A. Well done! Thanks
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.
excellent video with very acurate info on the development of Fender instruments.....
Well done!
Great job guys. Even though he never played guitar, or any musical instrument, Leo Fender's effect on music and modern culture is indelible.
Great video Stephanie, very informative and I came upon it on this day today that just happens to be Leo Fender birthday, he would have been 102 today. So thanks for sharing this great video, and a very gracious thank you to Mr. Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender, who was a huge influential part in bringing to us the music that we all take such great pleasure in listening to on a daily basis. Rest In Peace Leo :)
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
Great video! I enjoyed it, amencly! Thank you!
8:32 what an interesting choice of bass to show, the Fender Six. Such a strange looking bass.
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.
Don't ever forget Musicman , Sting Ray & Sabre, G&L F-100 & others. real Leo Fender 's guitars.
I hope you won this contest. This is fantastic!
Excellent collection of images and information. Thanks. I own two G&L guitars. Leo was truly a genius. May he rest in peace.
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. .....
Everybody copied Leo's amps... Jim Marshall said without Leo's Fender bassman amp there wouldn't be the big Marshall stacks you see today... Also when Leo's wife died Leo was never the same and it was the real reason for the sale to CBS...
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S Yes.. The Marshall amp model 1959 was a copy of the Fender "59 Bassman" schamitc.I had lunch today ,3-11-15, with Wallis Grover the jr. accountent & CPA for Leo Fender & Don Randallfrom 1969 untill Don Randall's death in 2008.Here are the facts:1965 Fender sold to CBS, along with Squire strings , Leslie speaker, Rogers drums, Rhodes piano.1979 Ester, Leos wife , died 14 years after the sale on Fender.1980 Leo married Phillis .1991 Leo passed on March 21.If you have any questions, contact me. Gary Sunda
Ester Fender died in 79?.. damn i read Ester died in late 64 and that was the main reason Leo sold to CBS...just goes to show i guess you cant believe everything you read can you... the book "The Fender Stratocaster" by A.R Duchossoir...I guess they were wrong..
This is my favorite bed-time story.
True. A minor oversight in what is otherwise a very well produced and informative video.
thank you so much, for post this video.
Splendid !!!!!
Thank You
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! 🤘🏽⚡️🎸
To all the people that say there too many mistakes, wrong information, I'm sure we would all like to know. What are they?
Well for starters the begginings of the solid body guitar went a little different than what was described in this video but I'm not gonna sit here and type the whole damn thing out. Just watch videos of les paul talking about it and actual fender documentaries and you will see
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.
Awesome documentary.
As long as there will be Fenders ther will be rock!
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
Great job. Brilliant.
@KotorBrokensaints2 Thats a fender 6 if I'm not mistaken, it was a 6 string bass fender made briefly.
Nicely put together Doco. Yeh I love Leo too... thanx for posting
Cheers
In the late 50's and early 60's a drastic shift in american culture was aroused by the uprising of music legends such as; Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Whether you consider this change to be positive or negative; it is indisputable that IT WAS POSITIVE!
Fend rules, I really am inspired by Leo fender and his dreams, thanks for the history
That was an excellent video!!
actually, the Esquire could come in two pickup models. Often called the Double Esquire, though only having the standard name Esquire on the head stock. They're pretty rare. The double Esquire is what became the Broadcaster, the No-Caster and the 1951-1952 Telecasters, all of which provide the same blend control wiring scheme.
Excellent video!
Holy FUCKING Grail ....The "Nocaster" Omg ..Legendary !!
this was great ,great stuff thanks
this guy was a real genius!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE KING LEONIDAS FENDER
Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Very nice movie.
Great video well done!
Great job!
Leo is a great man
cobain played one that pretty much sums it all up
leo fender you beautiful man
Leo Fender u rock
Woo Hoo! There's only 3/4 of a million of us! Nice.
Great job
I'm literally watching this as a bed time story right now. lol awesome.
Man I wish I met my uncle too bad I was born 2 years too late love you uncle Leo
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
What a good video.
There were a few 2-pickup Esquires in the very early days.
I have a pretty good size collection of acoustic and electric guitars including some expensive famous brands etc, and I can tell you that apart from several of my Ovation Celebrities, my white (made in Mexico) Fender Strat is my favorite guitar of all of them, and I'm a huge Gibson Les Paul fanatic. But that one guitar just molds to me like it was part of my anatomy. And the Strats with the simple, plain, all maple neck are the BEST and easiest to play than any rosewood binded necks out there!
yes! great idea for ERB!
That was good, thanks.
Excellent job, btw.
the beatles mainly used rickenbacker, epiphone and gibson. BUT! george harison did use a rosewood telecaster during the let it be era. John also used a Fender bass IV..... they also used fender amps during the white album era and the let it be era. Fender in some way or form was everywhere in the 60s. Fender rules.... i wouldn't play anything else.
Joe satriani is there using ibanez because those types of guitars are known as super strats( Jackson ibanez Washburn) all based on strats hopefully that answered your question bud
Nicely done. One note, you might look into the music software and hardware industries profits for a year ( I don't know if you included that in your digital download info or not. Its a very minor point in any event). Once again, a job well done with the video. Thanks.
great job on this.
@PANICBLADE Hoho you're right! My bad, and it is freakin cool! It's like a guitarists super bass.
Saludos. Faltaron The Shadows, los primeros en UK. Gracias.
Didn't the esquire not have a truss rod? For some reason I remember reading that somewhere
@bruncen i think Joe is paying respect to Jimi..and Jimi played a strat that revolutionized rock music
@Igamikun its a fender VI bass. google it its cool.
I just sold my Stratocaster 65 because I rarely played it....I am much more into Gibsons in particular Les Pauls but I am aware that now there is something missing in my collection. I have never liked the shape and esthetics of Fender guitars probably because I come from classical music and played the cello for 20 years and therefore the shape of Gibsons seems more organic and attractive to me...but I have great respect for Fender in terms of innovation.
I thought they where going to talk more about Leo Fender best guitars G&L .
God bless Leo.
great
hey people, help me please. I need a decent strat so I´m in chase of someone like this... (SImilar in look, I mean) or a deluxe daphne blue.... which one you will buy in my place?
Well done documentary !
As used by Syd Barrett
One goof I noticed was when you mention guitars, basses and amps. at 8:33 you mention the bass and the picture changes to what is looking like a Fender Jaguar, but it's a model I'm not familiar with. Otherwise this was a great informative video, and it's honestly not a huge deal, just thought I'd let you know!
That was the Bass VI, 6 string bass with a 30" scale & Jaguar body - complete with a whammy bar (!)
What's the name of the song that plays when she's taking about CBS?
36 billion? Limewire got sewed a month ago, and who knows what the number is at now.
what a boss
I thought the Esquire only had ONE pick-up....they are showing 2-pick-up models
Ah, YOU've Forgot "Doc" Kauffman & Mr. Don Randall
One thing, The fender Esquire was the first COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL E.G.
Since the Gibson Les Paul (Which is a hollow body without F-holes anyways) Was too expensive
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...
He died when I was born... so sad... :(
Pretty good, but what about CLF industries?
Strange that Les Paul and Leo were inventing the same thing only a short distance from each other.
Just laughing because it looks like the guitarist at 4:46 is playing a tele with a sticker on it saying "YOU SUCK". Probably not seeing it right, but that's what it looks like. Birth of country punk?
JIMMY BRYANT PLAYED THE FIRST TELECASTER.
they add kurk cogay and yngwie malmsteen
what the music in back at 7min30s?
Let it Grow Eric Clapton
wow, tks so lot.
I ´m COMPLETELEY "7ENDERIZED" i Own two Strats and i HARDLY wan´t a 52´Tele ....