<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Leo-fender ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/leo-fender Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:02:43 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “The big thing was the neck shape that Clapton wanted. We made about a dozen neck samples for him to play”: From Slowhand’s Strat to “tongue-in-cheek” relics, this is the hidden history of the Fender Custom Shop ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/the-hidden-history-of-the-fender-custom-shop ojiDA5pBBCRHeqvbyiY4EC Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:02:43 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:18:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is the way Leo would be building guitars if he were still alive. In our eyes, G&L is more ‘Fender’ than Fender actually is”: How G&L Guitars is carrying on the legacy of Leo Fender ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/g-and-l-guitars-carrying-on-leo-fender-legacy PNxir5ehAsrCXsqV4vHpyR Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:52:49 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Leo said, ‘Here, try this guitar.’ I grabbed it, turned it around, held it upside-down backwards and started playing ukulele chords. He almost fell off his chair laughing”: How Dick Dale made the Stratocaster the ultimate surf-rock weapon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-dick-dale-met-leo-fender hX7gSYggdzHrtQ4RkStEJe Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:34:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted a whole bunch of pickups, four or five. But Leo said they wouldn’t fit”: The creation and evolution of the Stratocaster, Leo Fender's greatest invention ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/the-creation-and-evolution-of-the-stratocaster 33XeQAMTNVenNX9u2PgxQ7 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:01:40 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Leo Fender got it wrong and Hendrix corrected it”: Richard Fortus explains the simple tweaks used by Jimi Hendrix and Joe Perry that improved the Stratocaster beyond its original design ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/richard-fortus-hendrix-perry-strat-mod ajjx9sxYoAetdjVwxpQqwX Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:53:31 +0000 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:44:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Leo wanted me to be partners with him, for it to be the Fender guitar – the Les Paul Fender”: Les Paul was once approached by Leo Fender to work together on a solidbody electric guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/les-paul-leo-fender-guitar AZ8mizG3ok6FtYvwCQxiLQ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:45:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He preferred what was readily available – and affordable. And when he measured responses, he didn’t really see differences between woods”: Leo Fender didn’t think tonewoods made much difference to solidbody guitar tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/leo-fender-tonewood-thoughts EJpTtviwXChW5AyPefAqVQ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:14:37 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:56:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His designs are some of the most identifiable in history, the tones some of the most iconic”: Leo Fender called G&L Guitars the best instruments he ever made – this is the story of the company that became his swan song ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/g-and-l-guitars-leo-fender-swan-song rfpm8XgrYKPYuNiuEMam7V Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:30:54 +0000 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:23:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ How a pair of weight-lifting gloves helped Louis Johnson play slap bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-a-pair-of-weight-lifting-gloves-helped-louis-johnson-play-slap-bass JBZ37BCsvqFKGtLH8ApQRT Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ G&L's new CLF Research S-500 is a fan-inspired “retro-futurist dream” that blends original designs with contemporary appointments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/g-and-l-clf-research-s-500 8vBbbJwkBhtiyCnoUztt3G Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:10:46 +0000 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:10:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bigsby vibrato tailpiece: everything you need to know about the iconic tremolo system ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-bigsby-vibratos-changed-guitar eGqYtcBdDmNH34Q9KE8sxB Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:18:49 +0000 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:33:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Top tweed: the evolution of Fender’s earliest guitar amps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-history-of-fender-tweed-amps BVEYjqeNeUNvDTKtqR68X8 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:04:18 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:35:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ G&L updates its short-scale bass collection with the Fullerton Deluxe Fallout ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gandl-updates-its-short-scale-bass-collection-with-the-fullerton-deluxe-fallout ukHSoMhWQA57nsD2n7faYb Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:07:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Behold Leo Fender's handmade Breadboard Bass, which he used as a "quick and dirty way to test pickups" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/behold-leo-fenders-handmade-breadboard-bass-which-he-used-as-a-quick-and-dirty-way-to-test-pickups fiFnC9bvYrPdos6UVND4Ve Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:14:14 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:18:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay remains a top choice for countless pro bassists ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/why-the-ernie-ball-music-man-stingray-remains-the-top-choice-of-countless-pro-bassits ayUPyhQzihU4AEjSWsEq66 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:20:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Book Sheds More Light on Leo Fender, 'The Quiet Giant' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/new-book-sheds-light-on-leo-fender-the-quiet-giant X24rSEFg3Lq9YrvRQxLrxY Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:36:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ernie Ball Music Man Displays 40th Anniversary “Old Smoothie” StingRay Bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/ernie-ball-music-man-displays-40th-anniversary-old-smoothie-stingray-bass abtmqHamLJurzXNBWAHzQi Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:44:28 +0000