[video]https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152911851617743&video_source=pages_finch_main_video[/video]Leo's last instrument: what did the genius have in mind? We've decided to embark on a search to find out.
Dave Nicholson, a former G&L employee in the early '90s, stopped by and we handed him this mythical creation.
It's not been setup since the day Leo passed away. — in Fullerton, CA.
In response to a couple of posts:
G&L Musical Instruments Skip and Tom McNalley - nobody's really played this before and it's way out of adjustment after 23 years.
He's a fine bass player, but is this a bass? A guitar? Leo called it a 6-string bass. We've called it a baritone. Our quest begins.
G&L Musical Instruments Tim - we can label the parts, but "what is it?" is more of a philosophical question.
That's what we want to know. That's the quest. Since you mentioned F-100, each humbucker is constructed of what appears to be paired early S-500 pickups.
He could have just used F-100 humbucking pickups, maybe wound differently, but he didn't. He chose early S-500 pickups as the basis.
We'll need to dig deep to discover why.
G&L Musical Instruments Davey - that's a natural conclusion, but there are bits about this that make us think he was trying to stretch it or go in a different direction.
Here's the link to photos posted previously: This is the last instrument created by Leo Fender.
