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Topic: Leo Fender's Lab |
David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 22 Mar 2008 8:31 pm |
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Leo Fender's Lab
as left exactly as it was
from the day he passed on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBw--ohySw
Some interesting things he had
on his plate at the time.
I would have put this in electronics,
but more will see it here
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Drew Howard
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48854
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 11:34 am
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This is mind blowing stuff - wow, thanks for the link! Where is the lab located?
Drew |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 12:49 pm
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| Drew,I believe it's at G&L guitars. That was his last place of employment. |
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 12:56 pm
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| Well, if they ever have to pack up his room, they'll need to recreate it somewhere, like at the Smithsonian. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 7:13 pm
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Actually The Smithsonian is a pretty good place for this.
His ideas certainly reshaped the world we live in.
Maybe not as earthshakingly as some,
But heck Lindberg just managed to live crossing the Atlantic,
but his plane is there.
Leo's ideas changed how music was played and how bands worked.
And changed by extention WHO got to influence
the course of history as musical notables.
You may say, well they just were musicians.
But think of the difference between music
that resonated with Korean war soldiers
and that for the Viet Nam era soldiers.
A seas change in style, content and instrumentation.
The main difference in most cases is the Fender equipment somewhere in the loop,
and the advanced, societally observing, musicians playing it.
Yeah Leo's lab in the Smithsonian, quite appropriate.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 10:08 pm
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| It had to be his G&L office. It wasn't his Fender office, and that's obviously a G&L guitar on the desk. |
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