Balls Vs. Bullets – Fender Guitar Strings
October 10, 2009 by Chaz · Leave a Comment
Guitar players have so many variables to pay attention to -pickups, amp settings, effects and so on- that string ends seem like a none issue. String gauges, okay. But string ends? Ball ends, bullet ends, what’s the difference? Read more
Fender Stratocaster Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary
April 4, 2009 by Chaz · Leave a Comment
Harley-Davidson’s 105th Anniversary – Fender Custom Shop has created three special edition Fender Stratocaster guitars commemorating the event. The first guitar (#1 of 3) was auctioned online and sold for $35,088.00 Read more
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS Electric Guitar
March 21, 2009 by Chaz · 6 Comments
Innovation is what Fender guitars have always been about. Fender will humbly submit that it’s not always good idea to mess with a good thing – the trick is to make a good thing even better. Enter the American Deluxe Stratocaster Series. Decked out in six luxurious finishes, the comfort contoured, solid alder body gives these Fender Deluxe Strats loads of warm resonance and stunningly modern looks. The C-shaped necks support super-clean fret finishing, abalone shell inlays, and a smooth, no-drag finish with rolled edges for that “played in” feel. Available exclusively on the American Deluxe Strat Series is one of the latest innovations, Fender Vintage Noiseless Cobalt pickups – classic Fender tone without the 60-cycle hum.
The Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster is instantly comfortable with irresistible tone and playability. You won’t believe your fingers and ears. The ultimate in high-performance, these premium Fender Stratocaster models have an ultra-smooth, sweet neck with hand-rolled edges to make it play fast, smooth, and sweet.
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:
- Premium contoured alder body
- Modern C neck shape with slick finish and hand-rolled edges
- 3 Fender SCN (Samarium Cobalt Noiseless) pickups
- 5-way pickup selector
- S-1 switching system
- Polished chrome hardware
- String-thru-body bridge with polished stainless steel saddles
- Locking Fender tuners
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- Schaller strap-lock ready
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster Electric Guitar Includes:
- Fender hardshell case, cable, strap, and straplocks
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The life of Leo Fender
August 15, 2008 by Chaz · Leave a Comment
Before Leo Fender came along, the solidbody electric guitar was little more than a gimmick. No other person did as much to develop this “gimmick” into one of the most important musical instrument of the 20th century.
Born in 1909 on a farm in Anaheim, California, Clarence Leo Fender opened a radio repair shop in nearby Fullerton in the years just after Word War II. He gradually segued into building electric guitars and amplifiers, and launched the company that bears his name in 1948.
In the years between 1948 and 1954, Leo Fender designed the Telecaster (the world’s first successful mass-produced solidbody electric guitar), the Precision Bass (the world’s first electric bass guitar) and the Stratocaster (for many, the world’s coolest electric guitar). These instruments embodied a design aesthetic that broke radically with tradition. Products of the post-WWII age of mechanization, they were affordable yet elegant tools for the average-income musician.
The Tele, P-Bass and Strat, along with Leo Fender’s tube amplifier designs, made their appearance just as a brand new style of music called rock and roll was being formulated. They became and integral part of rock’s sound, and have been taken up by major players from every subsequent rock generation, as well as guitarist in many other musical genres.
Leo helmed the design of the Jazzmaster (1958), Jaguar (1962) and many other classic Fender models before selling the company to CBS in 1965, citing ill health as his reason for doing so. By 1971, he was back in action, however, as head of a new company, CLF, designing amplifiers for MusicMan and guitars for G&L, further developing and refining the “Leo Fender style.”
A down-to-earth and highly industrious man, Fender left behind a prodigious legacy when he succumbed to complications associated with Parkinson’s disease on March 21, 1991. He was laid to rest at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California.
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