Talk:Leo Fender

message: The P-bass is wonderful, but it is probably hyperbolic to say it was Leo's most influential musical instrument.  60% of electric stringed instruments sold today worldwide are either Fender Stratocasters, or unauthorized clones of that instrument.
I've changed the text slightly to eliminate this controversial statement, while preserving the deservedly panegyric tone that even the most neutral of commentators must needs adopt when discussing this titan of 20th century music.  -Ikkyu2 05:41, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most influential / popular 

message: The founder of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (as it is now known) and the amazing electrical engineer and lateral thinker behind the creation of the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass, Bassman, and other revolutionary products, deserves this article.  In fact he deserves an article better than this one.  However, in almost every publication, the person so described is referred to as Leo Fender.  Apart from this article, I have never seen him referred to as Clarence Leonidas Fender, although I have read a book (The Ultimate Guitar Book, written by Tony Bacon and published by Dorling-Kindersley) in which the refer to him as Clarence Leo Fender once or twice and as Leo Fender throughout the rest of the book.
Is it not usual for articles about noteworthy people to be titled with the name by which they are most widely known rather than their full given name in cases where the two are not the same?  The articles for Lee Iacocca, Ed Cole, and Gus Grissom are not titled "Lido Anthony Iacocca" "Edward Nicholas Cole" or "Virgil Ivan Grissom" respectively.  
Because he was most widely known as "Leo Fender", I believe that should be the title of the article about him. Respectfully, SamBlob 15:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who has ever heard of Clarence Leonidas Fender? 

message: I think this needs one or two pictures of leo fender...? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.215.198.236 (talk) 11:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images please? 

message: I have proposed a Wikiproject for articles relating to Fender. If you are interested, please add you name here. Izzy007 Talk 21:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fender Wikiproject proposal 

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:37, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: Should Gibson really be listed first under the category of "See Also"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.39.250 (talk) 06:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: nope not really, just fixed it  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.84.142.167 (talk) 10:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also: Gibson? 

message: Esquire
Don Randall, who managed Fender's distributor
The link goes to an Australian politician, who has no part in the Fender saga. 
There is a picture of the "right" Don on Fender's site: 
http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=204  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.230.87.131 (talk) 21:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don Randall link  

message: When Leo Fender sold the Fender Guitars trademark he retired from guitar making. Years later, fed up with the drabness of retirement he began designing a series of guitars named Comanche, which he claimed to be an improvement over his other guitars. Does anyone with more encyclopedic knowledge on these issues care to pick up the mantle and fill in that section? There is not even a wiki on Comanche Guitars in wikipedia. Cheers! Philosopher2king (talk)
:Do you mean the guitar they speak of in this set of reviews: http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/G&L/Comanche/10/1 ?  That Comanche was made by G&L Musical Instruments and is included in their list of electric guitars in that article.  Respectfully, SamBlob (talk) 09:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is the Comanche section? 

message: Surprisingly little here about the Fender amplifiers, which as equally iconic as the guitars... anyone?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.62.75.193 (talk) 19:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: =========

message: Shouldn't this be mentioned?
BrianDGregory (talk) 14:09, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be notable as part of the scope of his interest, or it might not.  Apart from that. though, is there a reliable source that states this? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 22:28, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fender: The Inside Story, Backbeat Books, 1994, page 4. --Cqdx (talk) 18:14, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leo Fender was also a amateur radio operator W6DOE 

message: Why is the picture of this neck plate in this article?  The Fender (company) plant was moved to Corona long after Leo Fender's association with the company. Not only does this picture seem to be out of place, its presence with no explanation whatsoever is simply confusing. Unless there are any objections, I will remove it.  Mark Froelich (talk) 05:32, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the Fender Corona neck plate? 

message: Fender created lap steel guitars, and was a pioneer in developing this instrument. He had prominent steel players of the day visiting his fledgling factory, e.g, Noel Boggs, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant. A section on this would help the article. Eagledj (talk) 21:42, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Steel guitars not mentioned ???