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Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: Dave W on November 02, 2011, 06:12:08 PM

Title: Another early Fender video!
Post by: Dave W on November 02, 2011, 06:12:08 PM
Not the one on YT I linked to previously, this one is about thirty minutes of home movie footage shot by Forrest White in 1957. Unfortunately no sound, but narrated in detail by Richard Smith. The last few minutes are of a NAMM show (Jan. 1958?) and you see not only the Fender booth, but also Rickenbacker, Martin and Gretsch with some well known players and a few execs, including Jerry Byrd with F. C. Hall at the Rick booth and Chet Atkins with Gretsch.

http://www.axlchina.com/guitar/music/detail.asp?id=1255

Title: Re: Another early Fender video!
Post by: Daniel_J on November 03, 2011, 05:20:37 PM
Really cool video. It's very nice to see this kind of stuff.
Title: Re: Another early Fender video!
Post by: vates on November 04, 2011, 02:02:24 AM
thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Another early Fender video!
Post by: ilan on November 04, 2011, 04:10:09 AM
Yep, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Another early Fender video!
Post by: Pilgrim on November 04, 2011, 09:41:58 AM
I watch that and think that OSHA inspectors would crap about every 45 seconds throughout the video.

Interesting!
Title: Re: Another early Fender video!
Post by: Highlander on November 04, 2011, 06:20:38 PM
Fascinating... wonder where the lucite strat is now, and those drapes...

Nearly forgot... the bit showing where Eddie V got his tapping techniques... Jimmy Webster demoing Eddie's techniques before I was born...!