Fender Factory Tour 1959

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:16 pm

Nostalgic

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Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:33 pm

wow, that's a great document. they were putting in the fret markers with a hand drill. I guess that would make it easy to drill really shallow. the bit wouldn't catch and suck into the wood. the guy was putting the sealer on the tele body with a paintbrush. and I think they were spraying a musicmaster or something maybe?

I hope there wasn't any narration because I couldn't stand more than about 30 seconds of that awful blues noodling.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:44 pm

Yeah a real nostalgic video, but already posted a million times on any guitar forum...thanks anyway!

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:53 pm

i've never seen it before.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:26 am

it only had 250 views... guess their must be one with 500,000 views that didn't have crappy music

He's painting on the Fullerplast (poly sealer, it's the yellow tint in sunburst) with a brush. I read that's how they did it, but I had a hard time believing it, until I saw this

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:05 am

thats amazing footage for 1959.

my dad just showed us some 8mm movies that grandpa Roe took in the 50's and 60's with a camera.

hell even my first christmas in 1978 is on 8mm and the images are FUCKING TINY. but its amazing just to see them played on a reel to reel machine that is old as fuck

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:52 am

Joey wrote:it only had 250 views... guess their must be one with 500,000 views that didn't have crappy music

He's painting on the Fullerplast (poly sealer, it's the yellow tint in sunburst) with a brush. I read that's how they did it, but I had a hard time believing it, until I saw this

Almost that much views...

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kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:34 pm

Wasn't that fullerplast invented some years later in the early 60s?

I've read somewhere that this footage was taken by Forrest White who was the factory manager. Fender, as a simple repairman, had no knowledge about how to set up a somewhat efficient industrial workflow, that was White's job. Makes sense to film a few of the key worksteps to do this.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:54 pm

kypdurron wrote:Wasn't that fullerplast invented some years later in the early 60s?

yeah that's what I thought. it wouldn't have been fullerplast yet at this point.

porterhaus · Post by **porterhaus** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:26 am

I don't think any of those skilled workers could have imagined in 1959 that their products would be worth what they going for in today's market!!!

Reminded me of a tour I took, back in the eighties, of a General Motors Automobile assembly plant in Atlanta. After seeing the complete process, it was pretty amazing to see a finished auto driven off the end of the line.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:34 am

http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html

You are right, it says it didn't show up until 1963... and it was actually clear, not yellow

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:43 am

And while we're on the subject of Fender's unseen future, a little fun...

Ginormous CBS headstock Buddie Hall-E action LOLZ.

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