Leo’s prototype MFD humbucker-4

I realized we had to stop thinking about “humbuckers” and start thinking like Leo. With decades of hindsight we can solve puzzles that remained incomplete. Soon inspiration found us in Leo’s prototype MFD humbucker housed in the wider (neck to bridge) cover used for the 1976 Music Man Stingray guitar which was the first production guitar made here at CLFR on Fender Avenue. Aside from those rounded ears, the width (neck to bridge) is the same as a JM cover. And both of those are wider than the ‘78 Sabre guitar and ‘80 F-100 guitar, which are the same except for the ear style. So we thought about how we could take what Leo started and make it really shine. It became a mission.