IF LEO FENDER WERE ALIVE....

[BigAlBass69]

If Leo "the true inventor of the electric bass" Fender were alive today, which of his bass creations would he be most proud? I own a 74 P Bass, G+L 2000 and 2500 and Musicman Bongo( I know NOT HIS) and love them all but Leo has to pick one model. Would it be the P Bass, Tele, J, Stingray or one of the G+L models? OR...would he gravitate to a non-Fender creation? Hmmmmmmmm.....

 

[king_biscuit]

Precision

 

[theduke1]

My vote
G&L all day everyday
Duke

 

[JimmyM]

I'm sure Leo would find his most recent creations to be the best. He always did.

 

[Jim C]

I'm sure Leo would find his most recent creations to be the best. He always did.

Agreed but if he HAD to pick one that was the most siginificant/ historical, I would guess No Caster, Broadcaster (later named the Telecaster), or Esquier

Stingray was kinda original for the time

 

[Christine]

Agreed but if he HAD to pick one that was the most siginificant/ historical, I would guess No Caster, Broadcaster (later named the Telecaster), or Esquier

Stingray was kinda original for the time

Aside sorry for the derail. Why the name "caster", was it like "broadcaster"?

 

[Vertigo Jones]

If Leo "the true inventor of the electric bass" Fender were alive today, which of his bass creations would he be most proud? I own a 74 P Bass, G+L 2000 and 2500 and Musicman Bongo( I know NOT HIS) and love them all but Leo has to pick one model. Would it be the P Bass, Tele, J, Stingray or one of the G+L models? OR...would he gravitate to a non-Fender creation? Hmmmmmmmm.....

If Leo were alive today he’d be 109 years old as of yesterday. Happy Birthday Mr. Fender!

To answer your question: most likely whichever he made most recently.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

<insert dad joke about him saying “let me out of this box!” here>

 

[Dbassmon]

If Leo were alive he would be 109 years old. He would probably not be designing anything. Gotta love what he left us though. If all he did was invent the Pbass, he would be the greatest bass guitar designer that ever lived. Obviously the list is much longer than just pbasses and Fender Guitars. His designs endure .

 

[2saddleslab]

I'm sure Leo would find his most recent creations to be the best. He always did.

^This.

 

[Rib 13]

I'm sure Leo would find his most recent creations to be the best. He always did.

^ This...He was always trying to improve and build-upon his work so he would more than likely think his latest ideas were his best

 

[jd56hawk]

My vote
G&L all day everyday
Duke

Yes, we all know how he feels about the L2000.

 

[Jim C]

No Caster History
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Just think how bright the basses would be if he was still building now
They'd have to be called trebles and not basses

Amazing that the Tele, Stratocaster,and the Les Paul (as well as all the variants) are still by far the most used and influential guitars ever made; we have built some incredible things over the last 60 years but the best designs were from a long time ago

 

[StereoPlayer]

Aside sorry for the derail. Why the name "caster", was it like "broadcaster"?

Just an uneducated guess..
Leo came worked on radios before Fender. Something to do with broadcasting radio and tv? Broadcaster, Telecaster....And the space race...Stratocaster.

Just guessing.

 

[Christine]

Just an uneducated guess..
Leo came worked on radios before Fender. Something to do with broadcasting radio and tv? Broadcaster, Telecaster....And the space race...Stratocaster.

Just guessing.

Thanks, sounds likely, I suppose everything back then was this brave new world, even furniture was space inspired

 

[lz4005]

Just an uneducated guess..
Leo came worked on radios before Fender. Something to do with broadcasting radio and tv? Broadcaster, Telecaster....And the space race...Stratocaster.

Just guessing.

Things that were broadcast could be heard far away. So can an electric guitar, compared to an acoustic. That was essentially his logic, according to some interviews I've read.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

If Leo "the true inventor of the electric bass" Fender were alive today, which of his bass creations would he be most proud? I own a 74 P Bass, G+L 2000 and 2500 and Musicman Bongo( I know NOT HIS) and love them all but Leo has to pick one model. Would it be the P Bass, Tele, J, Stingray or one of the G+L models? OR...would he gravitate to a non-Fender creation? Hmmmmmmmm.....

Telecaster of course. It's still the greatest electric guitar ever made. After all those years, after all those innovations, after all those hardware upgrades, after all those tone wood discoveries, after every single thing that has been discovered or created or changed since the invention of the telecaster, there is still no greater alternative for a Fender Telecaster. Then, I'd say the Precision bass. It paved the way for an entire category of intruments.

 

[mongo2]

Telecaster of course.

The Telecaster is a great guitar, it was one of my first electric guitars almost 50 years ago and the first instrument I used for bass lines using the "snubbed" neck pickup setting and flats. In fact, my most recent bass builds use a Telecaster guitar body.

 

[lz4005]

Telecaster of course. It's still the greatest electric guitar ever made. After all those years, after all those innovations, after all those hardware upgrades, after all those tone wood discoveries, after every single thing that has been discovered or created or changed since the invention of the telecaster, there is still no greater alternative for a Fender Telecaster. Then, I'd say the Precision bass. It paved the way for an entire category of intruments.

Every time Fender was asked what his favorite thing was he had invented his answer was always the most recent new model that had gone on sale. He thought each and every one was an improvement on the one before.

 

[flyingfinbar]

What would be really interesting would be to see where he went with bass design, given some major developments in the electronics/design elements as of relatively late.