When there was a transition from the Leo Fender management to CBS This era is knownĪs a "transition" because later summer 1964 to December 1965 was the time The "transistion" era (late summer 1964 to December 1965)Īre the least collectible of the pre-CBS models. Of the rosewoodįingerboard models, the "slab" fingerboard (1958/mid-1959 to August 1962) variantsĪre more desirable than the "veener" fingerboard (August 1962 and later) The early 1960's Fenders with "slab" rosewood fingerboards are also collectible,īut not to the extent of the earlier 1950's maple-neck era. Single layer pickguards, thin "spaghetti" logos, and tweed cases that seem This decade produced guitars with one-piece maple necks, Many other models suffered the same miserable fate ofīeing over mass-produced and cheapened by corporate zealots.īecause of this, Fender's most innocent era of the 1950's is "3 bolt neck" and one piece die cast bridge on the Strat, ruining it's The original nitrocellulose lacquer that was used from Fender's conception.īy early 1971 the party was truely over. Indian rosewood replaced the beautifully figuredīrazilian rosewood on the fingerboards. The "custom contoured" bodies Fender was famousįor no longer were as sculped and sleek. In late 1965) as used on the Fender Stratocaster was one example of the Manufacturing processes to the Fender guitars. Their instruments and amps suffered as CBS employed more "mass production" (officially) on January 3rd 1965, it took some time till the guitarsĬhanged (though by mid 1964, six months before CBS bought Fender,įeel of the Fender guitars had changed significantly.
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They are some of my favorite things to use for pedal steel: I’ve used many of these specific items professionally for the last 10 years, and they are also used by other pedal steel players.