A party of a special device, in honor of’ Leo ‘ Fender, born on August 10, 1909.
Ritchie Blackmore- Photo: Courtesy of Fin Costello/Redferns
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Fender guitarists are memorable. They have a glance, an image of modern refinement that says” Play me, sing me loud, play me gently and sing me well”. Clarence Leonidas” Leo” Fender, the leader of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was honored at our party of this special instrument, which was established on August 10, 1909.
For many people of a certain time, Buddy Holly is sat down with his guitar on the handle of the 1957 Chirping Insects record. Two years earlier, Buddy walked into Adair Music in Lubbock, Texas and traded his first electric guitar for a brand new Fender Stratocaster, which back then cost a shade over$ 300. That equates to about$ 2, 900 today.
Hank Marvin is holding the Stratocaster he had purchased after seeing Holly on the Insects album, four years later, on the handle of the first album by American acoustic legends The Shadows. Ask any American guitar who followed the Shadows, and Hank’s red and white Stratocaster will almost certainly be praised.
Before the Stratocaster there was the Telecaster, the second solid-body electric guitar, the first single-pickup production type appeared in 1950 and was called the Esquire. It’s known for its beautiful, abundant, cutting voice, referred to as the telecaster lilt, as well as its gentle, warm, bluesy tone. It all depends on which pick is used – “bridge” delivery for the lilt and “neck” for the smooth strengthen.
In the earlier days, it was region players that favored the Telecaster. James Burton, the harp witch who played with Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson, was one of its first actors. Eric Clapton once played a Tele with Blind Faith and the Yardbirds. King of the Chicago music, Muddy Waters, was another who favored the Telecaster, since did Albert Collins, Stax gentleman and Booker T and the MGs guitar Steve Cropper.
At the last ever lived presence by The Beatles, on the roof of the Apple tower, George Harrison played a custom-made Telecaster. Jimmy Page played one on the guitar of Led Zeppelin‘s ageless” Stairway to Heaven”.
The Stratocaster was introduced in 1954, and it is still a staple in rock songs and almost every other genre of music. Today you can buy an Eric Clapton signature Strat, along with those endorsed by Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Ritchie Blackmore ( pictured above ), and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
As soon as you hear the opening notes of Dire Straits ‘” Princes of Swing”, played of training by Mark Knopfler, you know it’s a Strat. You must become a guitar of his towering appearance to make it perform so well, despite the tone.
On Derek and the Dominos ‘ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album, Clapton referred to himself as” Brownie.” Eric had bought Brownie for$ 400 at London’s Sound City, while touring with Cream in May 1967. It has an oak body, two-tone sun finish, oak neck, skunk-stripe routing and dark dot inlays. Manufactured in 1956 with the prolific range 12073, it can be seen on the handle of his 1970 debut solo album Eric Clapton.
In June 1999, Clapton sold the piano at Christie’s in New York City to help raise money for his drug and alcohol treatment firm, Crossroads Centre. Brownie sold for$ 497, 500, becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold at the time — only to be eclipsed by Clapton’s other favorite guitar, Blackie, which sold for$ 959, 500 in 2004. Brownie can be seen at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington.
Another classic Fender record is the Rolling Stones ‘” Little Red Rooster”, on which Brian Jones plays a Telecaster. In 1981, when the group played Hampton Coliseum, they encored with “( I Can’t Find No) Satisfaction”. A lover roars on stage as Mick Jagger is draped in his Union Jack/Stars and Stripes coast, Keith Richards punning, and plenty of pink balloons pour down from the roof.
The Stone immediately whips off his Fender and smacks the man around the head with it as the lover returns for a subsequent move. The lover stumbles, is escorted out of the stage by protection, and Keith continues without incident. Despite the invasion, the Telecaster stays in tune. Keith claims that” the entire point stayed in rhythm,” and that this is the best Fender advertisement I can give you.
We’ve put together a 60-track music in event of Fender and away from what we’ve already mentioned, it features song from Pink Floyd, with David Gilmour notably soloing on” Comfortably Numb”, Joe Walsh in his James Gang time, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, the Beach Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robin Trower, and Jeff Beck along with many other lines, some well known, some not so well known.
Listen to uDiscover Music’s Fabulous Fender playlist.