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Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: Dave W on June 15, 2020, 03:04:16 PM

Title: New Tony Bacon Fender article
Post by: Dave W on June 15, 2020, 03:04:16 PM
The Scrappy Rise of Fender's Early Sales Team: From Lap Steels to Teles (https://reverb.com/news/the-team-that-made-fender-a-household-name)
Title: Re: New Tony Bacon Fender article
Post by: Rob on June 17, 2020, 11:51:15 AM
Great read and my favorite video of the old shop.
Title: Re: New Tony Bacon Fender article
Post by: Highlander on June 17, 2020, 06:11:49 PM
Yep... good read indeed... never knew most of that...
Title: Re: New Tony Bacon Fender article
Post by: 4stringer77 on June 18, 2020, 08:20:41 AM
Leo not wanting to use truss rods explains why he didn't make them easy to access for adjustment. He didn't think people would need to use them much. The part about Hendrix not being melodic enough was a gas too.
Title: Re: New Tony Bacon Fender article
Post by: Dave W on June 18, 2020, 09:49:19 PM
I think the article is much better than his previously unpublished interviews that Reverb has run, because here he ties everything together in a way that the interviews don't.