Leo Fender's Laboratory

[IDONTCAREOFNAMES]

So humbling...

[offplanetfilms]

I'm proud to own 4 G&L guitars made in the same building as Leo's lab (one even made there while Leo was still alive!) ...Great video!

[Kahunabro1997]

i used to hate my lefty strat and wanted a gibson, but i realized i need to appreciate what i have, and i appreciate it, because one day i might not have a penny to my name and have a few things and they are my guitar, a house, and a bed, with some money for food. chas ve shalom that happens

[TeknikAlity34]

@ Oggythebug

You worked with Leo Fender!!!!!!!!!!

you must have had the best job in the world.

[TeknikAlity34]

Hey LakicGuitar

Is your 25th anniversary Strat, a Squire Strat or Strat cause I have a 25th anniversary Squire Strst and the sound of it is perfect.

[alfoluke]

Amazing..emotional

[louislindner]

I wonder what he was up to in his last productive days. He didn't even play guitar. Truly amazing person. If the walls could talk.

[LakicGuitar]

I'm 16 and I'm a proud owner of a 25th anniversary Fender Stratocaster

[FlipGordon]

Im 16 and im Proud to Say I own a Fender Deluxe I feel my Fender has its own personality and Character.

[will043092]

i am so gonna buy G&L bass....leo fender says it himselfs..''its the greatest instrument i've ever created''

[Crashoverall]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

[oggythebug]

I own pre cbs 63 and 64 and 65 strats, and many others ones like fullerton reissue, thanks for all Leo and your friends, working with you in the 60'S You re a part of my life

Oggy french strat collector

[jdubbjazzbass]

the man was a genius

[robpala445]

hi my name is robert i love the fender strat guitar they are so very awsom and i wish i could have a copy of this video??? god bless you leo fender for making a legendary guitar for us guitar heads to enjoy ! yours truley robert. pala

[bdaviess]

amazing

[PhuckHue2]

I got choked up for a minute. I own 5 of his basses. they all sound great

[tfw46]

Great history, enjoyed looking at his workplace. We have the pickup switching method Leo Fender would have wanted to use. Your friends at 35GuitarPickupTones{dot}com

[slapitman]

Such a great man and apparently loved by his employees. The guitar and basses left in this lab must be quite special in their own right. RIP CLF

[markdlowe]

The silence is fitting

[PhuckHue2]

@markdlowe he was a genius. I got decades of joy from playing his instruments

[dirtypairXX]

No sound no fun!

[jasonC9595]

Happy 100th Birthday Leo Fender!!!!!!

[hyperbilly13]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO FENDER!!!!!!!!

[vazkilzan]

although people love les paul and his guitars much more than leo fender and his telecaster and stratocaster. i must say that fender was the true legend here in his success of all his guitars we still play today. i dont really find les paul guitars history tbh. but we must all thank leo fender for his great guitars and his success.

[homeskilletbiscuit49]

that's not true.  Lots of people like strats and fenders better than gibson. like me, i'd rather have a fender

[stormtimedoor1138]

Does anyone know if the bridge from the Comanche around 2:11 was ever used in a released design? It looks like a dual fulcrum vibrato with sockits to put the tremolo arm either above or below the bridge, depending on your preference. Very interesting...

[Jodeli62]

As already mentioned, this is the Lab at his G&L Factory. He died 1991, but sold "Fender Musical Intruments" in 1965, that's 26 Years before he died.

At the Fender factory they reserved an office for Leo, but George Fullerton, the guy with whom he founden G&L wrote in his book, Leo never put one foot in that office.

[davo171]

I heard the Leo's ghost still wanders the halls of this factory (It used to be the Fender guitars factory). Strange noises and sightings have been reported.

[wtonckens]

I,m a proud owner of the Fender Jazz Bass, thank and God bless you Leo for inventing such a great instrument!

A Dutch bassist The Hague Holland

[Kahunabro1997]

@wtonckens lucky, go holland

[NODISCOonkrth]

G & L Guitars

Fender Avenue

Fullerton California

[matthew65]

hah... he was a planters junky.... his guitars are seriously bad-ass... i wonder if there are workers that still work for fender since the pre CBS days....

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

Yes, wheere is the lab?????

[Milossko]

THNX FOR THIS VIDEO!!

[TetsuyaIT]

A TRUE legend

[jettbugg]

Simply the BEST solid body basses and guitars, built by Leo Fender, in the pre CBS Fender days. These instuments could not be better!

[jettbugg]

The best solid body guitars ever built, were made by Leo Fender, in the pre CBS days of manufacturing.

[sonynp]

if only he was still in there workin on his guitars. :(

[fn58]

It looks like the maid had been out of town when Leo past away. Very spooky, almost tomb like, but still very cool to see this time capsule. Thanks

[rusty771]

is that a G & L guitar?

[Joetp]

It must be tempting to pick the guitars up lol.

[scooticus]

A true American genius! What a legacy- He is missed, loved and respected.

[burnt999]

Thanks guys ! It`s sad they`ve moved it out of there now.Big Drag .We have this though ,don`t we ? Thankyou !

[wstsidela1]

Leo's shop should be preserved in the Smithsonian like Thomas Edison's lab. Leo is a true American genius.