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Some Leo Fender history for you PART 2 --THE WHOLE ARTICLE

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by MEKer, May 23, 2017.

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  1. May 23, 2017 #1
    MEKer

    MEKer Supporting member

    May 30, 2006
    So here it is. My source forgot to send me the month+year of issue of Guitar Player magazine. Will edit it in here when received. EDIT: THIS IS FROM MAY 1978 ISSUE!!
    IMG_20170522_0001.jpg IMG_20170522_0003.jpg Leo Fender.jpg IMG_20170522_0004.jpg IMG_20170522_0005.jpg IMG_20170522_0006.jpg
     
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  2. May 23, 2017 #2
    Wisebass

    Wisebass

    Jan 12, 2017
    Lost in Space
    :D:D I was searching for something.....

    meaningoflife.png ......:D:D:D:D

    but yeah would be great to have the original thing! (not just a "dwarf pic" :crying: of it)

    greatings

    Wise
     
  3. May 23, 2017 #3
    MEKer

    MEKer Supporting member

    May 30, 2006
    EXCELLANTE!
     
  4. May 23, 2017 #4
    Trouztrouz

    Trouztrouz

    Feb 6, 2013
    NoVA
    This was a great read, thanks for posting.
     
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  5. May 23, 2017 #5
    MEKer

    MEKer Supporting member

    May 30, 2006
    You're welcome. I LOVE digging up history. Usually I focus on Washburn history for their basses (and guitars), but I could not pass this Fender article up that I found in a stack of early "Guitar Player" magazines. In fact, my first bass in 1972 happened to be a white 1972 Fender Precision I bought brand new....and...stupidly sold a couple years later. I know, I know...spank me.
     
  6. May 24, 2017 #6
    howlin

    howlin

    Nov 15, 2008
    I'm Not There
    No thanks, I'm not into that sort of thing. :laugh:

    I bought my first Fender bass in '73 and, to be totally honest, it wasn't exactly worth much more than what I paid for it - $225 w/HSC out the door. So, FWIW, you're off the hook IMO. :thumbsup:
     
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  7. May 24, 2017 #7
    howlin

    howlin

    Nov 15, 2008
    I'm Not There
    Do you have the rest of the side bar interview from p.33 [it says, cont. p.112]? Thanks.
     
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  8. May 24, 2017 #8
    MEKer

    MEKer Supporting member

    May 30, 2006
    I'll get back to the magazine owner and see! Hold on.
     
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  9. May 25, 2017 #9
    mtdkingstonheir

    mtdkingstonheir

    May 14, 2009
    In the woods
    MEKer - thanks again, for posting this. Leo is, indeed, "The Man".
     
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  10. May 25, 2017 #10
    MEKer

    MEKer Supporting member

    May 30, 2006
    Yeah, amazing fellow indeed. So much history gets lost over the years it is so worth resurrecting it when you stumble across it (much less it is valuable for settling arguments--and the record-- between people who are both arguing from the same point of not knowing first hand facts from those who were there).