Why Leo Fender Never Acknowledged The Influence of Paul Bigsby
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Why Leo Fender Never Acknowledged The Influence of Paul Bigsby

Leo Fender was heavily influenced by the work of Paul Bigsby in the late 1940s, yet in all of the interviews he did, he never acknowledged it. Today we look at both the influences, and the reasons why Leo did not give the credit that Paul Bigsby deserved for his innovations that filtered into every Fender guitar. To help us, we have an amazing copy of the 1948 Bigsby "Merle Travis" guitar, that clearly spotlights the influence on the Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, and just about ever...

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Baxendale Harmony Conversion Guitars

Baxendale Harmony Conversion Guitars

Scott Baxendale sent me a 50s Harmony H-162 that he had done his conversion work on to check out. So we take a look at it, laying out the conversion process, and also looking at my Baxendale mandocell...

17 Helmi 202521min

Meet Nashville Tele Slinger - Gabe Tonon

Meet Nashville Tele Slinger - Gabe Tonon

Today we get introduced to Gabe Tonon, and he shows off his 50s Esquire with a long throw Bender, and his two 60s maple-cap Fender Telecasters with Glaser B-Benders. Gabe is a wonderful player you can...

11 Helmi 202519min

The Fender Broadcaster Story

The Fender Broadcaster Story

Today we look at one of the rarest and coolest members of the Telecaster family, a December 1950 Fender Broadcaster. To give some context, I cover what Fender was up to in late 1949 through the Summe...

4 Helmi 202531min

A Glaser Strat With A B-Bender?

A Glaser Strat With A B-Bender?

Today we look at this cool Glaser B-Bender equipped Strat that I put together using a Glaser made neck from the 80s, and a non-tremolo swamp ash body. We get to hear the Seymour Duncan Hot Strat Stack...

21 Tammi 202522min

Flat-Wound, Pure Nickel, and Ground-Wound Strings on my Telecaster

Flat-Wound, Pure Nickel, and Ground-Wound Strings on my Telecaster

A comparison between flat wound, pure nickel, and ground wound strings on my Tele. I was inspired to do this by the back of a set of D'Addario strings, showing a chart of their string offerings, from ...

14 Tammi 202525min

A Real Road Worn 1952 Telecaster

A Real Road Worn 1952 Telecaster

I love honest, beat-up, Telecasters. Today we tell the story of one of the most aged butterscotch Telecasters I have laid eyes on. Besides telling its story, we also compare it to a near mint 53 Telec...

7 Tammi 202520min

The Tim Lerch Interview

The Tim Lerch Interview

Today I sat down with one of the finest solo-Jazz guitarists of our time, Tim Lerch. We discuss how a non-jazz player might get into solo guitar, his influences, his highly modified Fender Nocaster, a...

24 Joulu 20241h 1min

The Resurrection of my 1970 Buck Owens "American" Guitar

The Resurrection of my 1970 Buck Owens "American" Guitar

Earlier this year, I did an episode on the Buck Owens "American" guitars made by Harmony from 1969-1971. Mine was in pretty good condition, but missing its headstock overlay, and having survived a nec...

17 Joulu 202418min

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