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Fender Guitar factory tour back in 1959 short film.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 10/23/18 at 2:09 pm
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 4:24 pm to Champagne
Great in-depth video of how Fenders were made back in the day. Thanks for posting.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 6:30 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
And here's that same factory today, the home of G&L (George Fullerton and Leo Fender) Guitars. Leo believed G&L were the finest instruments he conceived and oversaw during his decades in the business ... better, more consistent guitars that what they made in the 50s and 60s.
G&L Factory Tour
You will see in the "today" video a lot of the same hand-driven processes in the "old" factory. It was only recently that CNC technology was implemented in production. My personal '96 G&L Legacy has doweled pin router template holes ... the same machined routing technology you saw in the factory video from '59.
Here's my '96, currently serving as a shop demo guitar for a Duncan Lil' 59, Duckbucker and JB Junior package; a Jescar NS18 58118 refret (largest traditional alloy production jumbo fret available); and a neck trunk finish conversion to hand-rubbed Danish oil. That body finish is factory and what G&L calls "tobacco sunburst."
G&L Factory Tour
You will see in the "today" video a lot of the same hand-driven processes in the "old" factory. It was only recently that CNC technology was implemented in production. My personal '96 G&L Legacy has doweled pin router template holes ... the same machined routing technology you saw in the factory video from '59.
Here's my '96, currently serving as a shop demo guitar for a Duncan Lil' 59, Duckbucker and JB Junior package; a Jescar NS18 58118 refret (largest traditional alloy production jumbo fret available); and a neck trunk finish conversion to hand-rubbed Danish oil. That body finish is factory and what G&L calls "tobacco sunburst."
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 10/23/18 at 7:17 pm to TheFretShack
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Here's my '96, currently serving as a shop demo guitar for a Duncan Lil' 59, Duckbucker and JB Junior package; a Jescar NS18 58118 refret (largest traditional alloy production jumbo fret available); and a neck trunk finish conversion to hand-rubbed Danish oil. That body finish is factory and what G&L calls "tobacco sunburst."
that description & picture made my fingers' mouths water.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 11:59 am to TheFretShack
The G&L Legacy bridge and whammy bar design -- I have a question for you, please.
Is it a superior design to the original Stratocaster bridge and whammy bar design from the 1950s?
Seems to me that the answer is "yes" but, I would defer to your opinion.
Is it a superior design to the original Stratocaster bridge and whammy bar design from the 1950s?
Seems to me that the answer is "yes" but, I would defer to your opinion.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 2:57 pm to Champagne
Damn what was the life expectancy. No vent. No gloves. No hood. Spraying paint and lacquer.
To their credit though I only saw one cigarette and it was behind a guy's ear. Not lit.
To their credit though I only saw one cigarette and it was behind a guy's ear. Not lit.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 3:20 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Damn what was the life expectancy. No vent. No gloves. No hood. Spraying paint and lacquer.
No crap, workplace safety has come a long way it seems.
I watched a video the other day of auto workers painting trucks in a GM factory in the 80's.(before Robots started painting vehicles) They were wearing normal clothes and didn't have on respirators. There was probably no way those auto workers made it past 50.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:56 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Damn what was the life expectancy. No vent. No gloves. No hood. Spraying paint and lacquer.
I thought of the same thing. OSHA would have a field day.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 6:26 pm to Nicky Parrish
G&L's Dual Fulcrum is a better bridge. Pivots on two studs, not six screws, less friction, smoother movement in both directions. It feels more like a Floyd Rose than an old skool strat bridge under your trem hand. The bar assembly is more stable in the plate, there is a grub screw to fine-tune drag to taste on the thicker, push-in bar. The saddles feel better under your right hand. I can't think of any non-locking tremolo bridge I like better.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 1:10 pm to TheFretShack
Thanks!
I think I agree, but, I've never owned a Fender Stratocaster, so, I can't be sure.
G&L is it for me.
I think I agree, but, I've never owned a Fender Stratocaster, so, I can't be sure.
G&L is it for me.
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