Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Fender designed...
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company was founded in Fullerton, California, by Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender in 1946. Andy Mooney has served as the chief executive officer (CEO)...
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The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George...
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maple neck with rosewood or maple fingerboard. Its prototype, designed by Leo Fender in 1950, was brought to market in 1951. It was the first electric bass...
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The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the tele /ˈtɛli/, is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire, it...
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amplifiers attributed to Leo Fender were manufactured by the K&F Manufacturing Corporation (K&F) between 1945 and 1946. Later, Fender began building its own...
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The Fender Jazz Bass (often shortened to "J-Bass") is the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. It is distinct from the Precision Bass...
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by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. G&L produces electric guitars and basses with designs based on some classic Fender instruments...
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Music Man (company) (section Departure of Fender)
Originally formed in 1971 by Forrest White and Tom Walker, along with Leo Fender as a silent partner, the company started manufacturing electric and bass...
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The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as a more expensive sibling of the Fender Stratocaster. First introduced at the 1958 NAMM Convention...
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Fender HM Strat was an electric guitar produced by Fender Musical Instruments from 1988 until 1992. A relatively radical departure from Leo Fender's classic...
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Vibrato systems for guitar (redirect from Fender floating bridge)
designed by Leo Fender (1981) Fender two-point synchronized tremolo (1986) Fender Floating Bridge, which has two main variants: Fender Floating Tremolo...
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Leo Africanus (c. 1494 – c. 1554?), Andalusian Berber Moorish diplomat and author Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive Leo Fender (1909–1991)...
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primary intent of the Fender Custom Shop was to create instruments in the tradition of Leo Fender and his staff at the original Fender facilities in Fullerton...
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amplifier. In the 1950s, Leo Fender and George Fullerton developed the first mass-produced electric bass guitar. The Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing...
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design similar to a Telecaster to help increase sustain. Designed by Leo Fender, the Fender Electric XII was introduced in late 1965 with the bulk of the production...
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tremolo arm was Leo Fender's fourth and least popular design, and appeared only on the Bronco. It is sometimes unofficially known as the Fender steel vibrato...
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The Fender Marauder is an electric guitar made by Fender. While originally intended to join the product line shortly before Leo Fender sold the company...
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prototype for the Esquire (and the later Telecaster) was completed by Leo Fender and George Fullerton in 1949. The guitar was designed to be an electronic...
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Fender Musicmaster Fender Performer Fender Prodigy Fender Showmaster Fender Starcaster (lives on through Squier) Fender Swinger Fender TC 90 Fender Toronado...
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George William Fullerton (category Fender people)
(March 7, 1923 – July 4, 2009) was a longtime associate of Leo Fender and, along with Fender and Dale Hyatt, a co-founder of G&L Musical Instruments. He...
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The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar by Fender Musical Instruments characterized by an offset-waist body, a relatively unusual switching system with...
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Rhodes piano (redirect from Fender Rhodes)
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional...
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The Fender Mustang is a solid body electric guitar produced by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was introduced in 1964 as the basis of a...
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The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender. The Fender VI was released in 1961 and followed...
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Oklahoma, was a California Western swing guitarist for whom Leo Fender originally designed the Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in the early 1950s. Carson...
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metal for pushing the limits of amplification. Working together with Leo Fender, Dale also pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping...
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The Fender Princeton was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1946 and discontinued in 1979. After Fender introduced the Champ Amp in...
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The Fender Jag-Stang is an electric guitar produced by Fender and designed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. It was intended as a hybrid of two Fender electric...
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The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a guitar amplifier manufactured and sold by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was introduced in 1996 as part...
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