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Fender Bronco [10] (Lives on through Squier as a bass guitar) Fender Bullet [11] (lives on through Squier) Fender Coronado [12] Fender Cyclone (lives on through Squier) Fender Esquire; Fender HM Strat USA/Japan; Fender Marauder; Fender Musicmaster; Fender Performer; Fender Prodigy [13] Fender Showmaster; Fender Starcaster [14] (lives on through ...
Fender branded vacuum tube. The first "Fender" amplifiers were manufactured by Leo Fender and Doc Kauffman, [1] doing business as the K&F Manufacturing Corporation. [2] The amplifiers were housed in a steel case and most were finished in a "gray crinkle" finish that was baked in the Kauffman family oven.
These were the last range to be made by Fender before its owners, CBS, sold the company [3] to its then management, and the last to be mass-produced by Fender with 'traditional' (non-PCB) methods. Rivera, like other amplifier builders such as Soldano , began building Fender-based amplifiers to try to capture a piece of the market for hot-rodded ...
The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.Fender produces acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, and the ...
From 1960, Marshall owned a moderately successful music store in Hanwell, West London, selling drums and then branching out into guitars.His many guitar playing customers (including Ritchie Blackmore, Big Jim Sullivan and Pete Townshend) spoke of the need for a particular kind of amplifier, with Townshend wanting something "bigger and louder", and Marshall saw the opportunity, [2] [6] founding ...
The 'real' vibrato effect called F.M. Vibrato [5] [6] was distinct in sound and design from the more common tremolo circuits found on Fender amplifiers. In the hands of its new owner, Art Duhamell, the amplifier and guitar brand name was changed to Magnatone, and the company name was Magna Electronics Company.
Both the Fender company [1] and vintage guitar authorities [2] [3] [4] date the introduction of the Jaguar to 1962. One writer states that the model was introduced in December 1960, [5] but a 1962 ad featuring a Jaguar automobile in the background referred to the "new" Fender Jaguar.
The amount of gain produced surprised both men, and Smith combined the cascaded design with the small form factor of the Fender Princeton, creating the first high-gain amp, the "Princeton Boogie." [ 1 ] [ 8 ] Released in 1972, the Boogies solved the issue of amps not having enough gain to sustain notes at volumes suitable for smaller venues. [ 4 ]