Academy Of Tone 324: The Leo Fender story: Legacy, Sound & Innovation

00:00 Intro song 04:56 Welcome to episode 05:21 Leo Fender's birthday 05:57 Leo Fender born 1909 07:17 Leo's bookkeeping background 08:27 Not a guitar player 09:03 Hawaii lap steel trend 09:27 Tour announcements 12:49 Trevor Wilkinson stories 17:00 1954 Stratocaster demo 19:11 Bob Heavit video clip 19:46 Fullerton radio shop 20:15 Lap steel guitars start 20:37 Fender Electric Instrument Company 21:26 Don Randall partnership 21:49 "Leo was strange" quote 24:27 Charlie Christian solo guitar 27:16 Solid body thinking 29:33 Try and error method 30:09 Telecaster/Broadcaster history 31:18 Telecaster design details 34:58 Les Paul's "log" guitar 35:23 Broadcaster released 1950 38:13 Mass production challenge 41:26 Bolt-on neck solution 43:32 Single coil pickup simplicity 44:42 Precision Bass created 48:40 Stratocaster body contour 53:01 Synchronized tremolo innovation 1:03:11 Precision Bass clip 1:04:08 Elvis and Fender history 1:15:50 Music Man Stingray bass 1:30:57 RD amps innovation 1:45:21 G&L guitar failure story 1:52:54 Learning from Leo's failures 1:57:48 Leo Fender's legacy summary