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Thursday, February 17, 2011

HISTORY Fender Guitar

One of the company's most popular guitar maker and also contributed the most influential in modern music world is a Fender guitar. With the solid-body electronic guitar, bass, and amplifiers, Fender help small bands to be more sound on stage is greater than using acoustic equipment. With a revolutionary guitar, Fender also provide more flavor in the music world and influenced many musical genres including rock, jazz, blues and more.
Leo Fender, who is the inventor of the guitar fender, makes solid-body guitar the first time in 1951 and was named "Broadcaster". Which later was replaced by the name "Telecaster or Tele" and a Spanish-style solid-body guitar is the first time in mass production. 


Other scorers in the history of guitar history occurred in the same year when the fender introduced "Precision bass.". "Precision Bass" is different from the usual bass guitar in time due to "Precision Bass" has a function that portable, you can play it like a guitar and also amplified it. "Double Bass or Upright Bass" that was used is very difficult for the Transport and often difficult to hear because his voice was drowned by other instruments.
 

In 1954, Fender came out with "Stratocaster, or Start." Fender conducted research by asking a professional guitarist and guitar fender staff, then asked "what do you want from the guitar?" So that he can fix the guitar Fender "Telecaster". But they ended by producing a top class guitar that runs side by side with "Tele". Some main characteristics of the "Start" is the addition of single coil pickups and double-cutaway body design that allows the guitar is played in high tones. One important addition to the "Start" is a tremolo bridge, which initially serves as a means for diverting the strings so as to imitate the sound of pedal steel guitar.
 

Fender also introduced many other models in the next decade, including Jaguar, Jazzmaster, and Jazz Bass. Fender Twin Reverb amplifier is also producing at the time.
Due to the lack of health Leo Fender, Fender guitar company was sold to CBS in 1965. Although the fender guitar company continues its development in the new owners in the following years, the company is aware of the importance of management who understand music and musicians. This is causing fender guitar company hired William Schultz in 1981.

In 1985, CBS decided to sell all its media businesses including the fenders. A group of investors and the staff of the company Fender guitar buying this company and put in the position of leader William Schultz. With the inclusion of people who have a passion in the field of guitar as the owner of the company, such as staff from the company itself, fender guitar company become even better.
 

Year 1987 marks the year when the Fender Custom Shop is open for the first time, located in Corona, California where they make custom guitars for professionals and enthusiasts guitar. Custom Shop is clearly a step from the fenders because they always have a proper understanding of the importance of providing what the customer wants.
 

Fender still continue to think for today and beyond to provide the best fender guitar they could make to its customers. This is what makes the reason for the Fender guitar company is one of the most famous guitars in history. Some of the prominent players who love guitars fender guitar they are Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, John 5, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Richie Kotzen, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yngwie Malmsteen.

by: Arswendo