Fender Factory Tour 1959 (or earlier)

1959 8mm Film by Forrest White. Digital Film Restoration by CinePost http://www.posthouse.com Edited by Ross Lenenski. Read the story behind this film in "Fender: The Inside Story," by Forrest White available at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Inside-S... Music by Russell Eldridge at http://www.youtube.com/therusselleldr... . Russell's Stratocaster guitar is from the American Deluxe Series made at the Corona Plant (Fender), USA in the Year 2000.
Leo Fender is in the second shot. No CNC machines back then, everything was done by hand. It is amazing to realize that every guitar made that year is now worth a small fortune. Archival High Resolution film transfer by CinePost at http://www.posthouse.com If you know the names of the employees, please let us know and we will annotate them. For more info please call 678-238-0800.

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[Joe Perez]

My father, Jose G. Perez, is at 1:46, working on guitar necks with the

bandsaw & power & hand drills (in long sleeved shirt & hat). My mother, Carrie S. Perez, is at 4:46, working on a lap steel (wearing a long dress & big ear rings). They married on Jan 31, 1959, and I notice neither one of them is wearing a wedding ring. Leads me to believe the film was made in Jan '59, or earlier (at least one of them would have worn their wedding ring-even while working, but I can't be sure). -Joe Perez

[cinepost]

Their names should be up. If you can get any other names of folks, please let me know.

[joe strummer]

What is the value of the Strat your grandfather built (blue book value)?

[Jeremy Aycock]

My grandfather Jack Gentz worked for leo from 1958 till after leo passed. I lost my gradfather over a year ago. unfortunaly I did not see him in this video. I myself have a strat from this era and it never comes out of its case. was hand built by gramps. I only play fender guitars and basses.

[Liam Murphy]

And in that year, not one single fuck was given with regards to health and safety. Great video :)

[victoriaRobyn]

Not gonna lie, that was cool.

[889Tarzan]

Awesome video! Really warms up a guitar players heart to see this.. :-)

[art beard]

Amazing Footage!

[Jesse Haddicks]

I've been playing the Guitar since 1967 but I didn't have money to by myself a good guitar and that caused a little frustration. It wasn't until 1972 that my Dad introduced me to my first Fender Guitar, a Mustang. Here it is 40 plus years later and I still own and play Fender Guitar's and I still own that Mustang that my dad got for me. Fender Guitar's are like an addiction to me that I will never recover from and that's OK with me and that's just the way it is!

[xLolzfactor]

Wish I could go back to 1951 at 16 years of age and apply for a job at fender I would have made sure I saved my money and bought as many as I could of back then .grew up with fenders all around me my father worked for fender he was a super master at nitro lauqer finishes and sunburst they needed him to move to Cali but he never did he remained here in ny but still worked for them and local guitar shops here in the area in this video it shows a guitar on the decision block for design It loo

[xLolzfactor]

Shdd

[guacadu]

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