Leo Fender Guitar Amplifier
There are many different Fender-brand amps (bass and guitar) and any guitarist can tell they all sound different. Following the second world war, Leo Fender thought to make his guitar amps toughlike the electronics used during the war. Heavy pine cabinets, and steel mountings for the electronics.
Because guitar players frequently found their speakers blown up when using their amps, he talked Lansing speaker company into making a more durable speaker. Because for Fender amplifiers to be durable, the speakers had to hold up.
Though best known as the genius behind of the iconic strat and tele guitars, still in popular use among guitar players, Leo Fender's true interest was electronics. Actually, though he was a musician (piano and saxophone), he could not play guitar at all.
After the war, the small band did better in the changing economy. What used to be the rhythm section (guitar, drums, bass) was suddenly the entire band. While everyone in America began listening to the radio following the electrical grid extending to farms after 1940, and with the dwindling of luxurious night spots that could host an orchestra as roadhouses and bars flourished on America's developing highways, the economics of the small band were obvious.
And what would better allow the musician to be heard in the noisy bar than with an amplifier?
The time was right for the amp, with the right sound, and a durable product. Fender made basses and guitars and the real key to the success could be said to be Fender's guitar amps.
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Traktor Topaz does web-design and articles for Mobius Megatar Touchstyle Basses, and for other online music websites.
For anyone interested in how the electric guitar evolved, this article is adapted from Traktor's article The Secret of Fender Guitar Amplifier.
Topaz has also authored another article with more extensive history and shopping information, about the Fender Guitar Amp.
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