Along with the Precision Bass ( so named because its fretted neck allowed bassists to play with ' precision '), Fender introduced a bass amplifier, the Fender Bassman ; a 45-watt amplifier with four 10 " speakers ( although initially with one 15 " speaker ).

The Doors was thus initially a quintet, but when Manzarek decided to handle the bass duties with the newly introduced Fender Rhodes PianoBass, Pat Sullivan was dropped from the line-up in December 1965, ultimately ending up with the " classic " quartet.

The Fender Showmaster initially started as a Custom Shop model.

Similarly to Ibanez, ESP's chief competitor in Japan, ESP was initially known for making high quality and customized replicas of famous American guitars, including hot rodded Fender Strats and Teles, as well as Gibson Explorers.

Percy initially played a fretless Fender Precision Bass then a Wal ( bass ) and finally an Ibanez EDA905.

Fender was stationed in London initially, used to repel Zeppelin attacks, before being sent to India in 1916.

Some sections of the press suggested Fender should captain that team, but Reggie Spooner was initially appointed by the MCC ; when he was unavailable, Johnny Douglas became captain.

Once again, some newspapers suggested Fender should captain the England team, but Douglas was initially retained ; as the series progressed, several writers lamented the fact that Fender was overlooked.

Fender remained a possible England captain, at least in the view of the press, for 1926, but Arthur Carr was initially chosen before being replaced prior to the final Test.

As the Telecaster and Stratocaster had done in other popular musical genres, Fender hoped to initiate a revolution in Jazz guitar, at the expense of competitor Gibson.

However, Fender did not cover the tour as a journalist, as he had hoped, as his newspaper instead sent Jack Hobbs.

To surprise the batsmen, he occasionally bowled a deliberate full toss or long hop ; Fender hoped that his opponent would mis-hit in his eagerness to score from an apparently innocuous ball, particularly if the batsman was playing defensively and showed little inclination to try and score runs.

While jazz can be played on any type of guitar, from an acoustic instrument to a solid-bodied electric guitar such as a Fender Stratocaster, the full-depth archtop guitar has become known as the prototypical " jazz guitar.

The Piano 73 would become known as the Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, with an amplifier cabinet used as a base for supporting the piano keyboard.

Adding to an eclectic grasp and melodic approach on his instrument, he has become one of the most sought-after session players on the bass and has played on a large number of recordings by some of the world's most successful entertainers, in part, by mastering a variety of techniques on both his late 1970s fretless Music Man StingRay bass guitar and, later in his career, adding fretted Fender Precision and Jaguar basses.

Leo Fender also designed one of the first commercially successful solid-body electric basses, the Precision Bass ( P-Bass ), which has become known in rock, jazz, country, Motown, funk, and other types of music.

By the end of the year, Fender had become convinced that manufacturing was more profitable than repair, and he decided to concentrate on that business.

The Fender Swinger has become a vintage guitar and a collector's item.

In all first-class matches Fender completed the double of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets for the first time ; he scored 1, 152 runs at 21. 33 and took 134 wickets at 26. 58, and also took 53 catches to become the first cricketer to pass 50 catches while completing the double ; in 2012, only Peter Walker has done so since.

However, coming from a family in which all of her siblings were musicians, she learned to play instruments like piano and guitar, and practiced with a Fender Stratocaster during the recording sessions of her album, Falling into You.

In late 2002, Gretsch and Fender reached an agreement giving Fender most control over marketing, production, and distribution of guitars ( although the Gretsch family still owns Gretsch Guitars ).

The " Fender Bass " was a revolutionary new instrument, one that could easily be played by an electric guitarist, could be easily transported to a gig, and could be amplified to just about any volume without feeding back ".

He plays a 1977 Fender Jazz Bass that was modified by Roger Sadowsky with the addition of a Bartolini preamp so he could control his sound in the studio.

During this time, Fender also tackled the problems experienced by players of the acoustic double bass, who could no longer compete for volume with the other musicians.

Fender heads could be attached to the cab and had " Tilt-Back " legs, like those used on larger Fender combo amps.

The highest note he hit on the lap steel / slide solo was a B-flat nearly 3 octaves above middle C, followed by a reprise of the guitar solo from Part IV ( which was played by Snowy White live on Pink Floyd's 1977 tour so Gilmour could switch from the lap steel guitar back to his Fender Stratocaster ).

During his time with Nirvana, he could sometimes be seen using Fender guitars, generally the Fender Telecaster.

Fender also began using Oxford, Utah and CTS speakers interchangeably with the Jensens ; generally the speaker that could be supplied most economically would be used.

Percy Fender believed that Jardine was the only batsman in the side who could have coped with the difficult conditions.

The higher priced Fender guitars were made in America and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies.

This arrangement benefited Fender because it removed the Greco Fender copies from the Japanese market which were selling in Japan at much lower prices than the American made Fenders and it also benefited Kanda Shokai because Kanda Shokai could then distribute Japanese made Fender branded guitars in Japan.

While none of these could compete against Fender or Gibson on sales figures, Music Man outpaced the competition by making ' players ' guitars with quick change pickup assemblies, Teflon coated truss-rods, low noise pickup designs, piezo bridge pickups, 5 and 6 bolt necks, sculpted neck joints, graphite acrylic resin coated body cavities and most importantly, consistently high quality fit and finish.

Kaye played the bass tracks on several of the Monkees hits, did soundtrack work ( including sound effects on bass guitar ) for a young Steven Spielberg and tracks for Quincy Jones whose 2001 autobiography Q noted, "... women like ... Fender bass player Carol Kaye ... could do anything and leave men in the dust.

However, because of the similarities to the Fender brand and instruments, Young Chang could not sell the Fenix instruments due to licensing issues with Fender, and production stopped.

But the team could not find Chapman, who according to Percy Fender, in attendance as a journalist, spent most of his time socialising with guests in the Ladies ' Stand.

When he officially took up second guitar duties after the release of Alive or Just Breathing, he could be seen using a Fender Stratocaster, possibly modded with a stacked bridge humbucker.

Fender also released a keyboardless version called the Chroma Expander, which could be slaved to the Chroma via its computer interface.

By the end of the 1914 season, Fender had both convinced his father that he could successfully pursue a career in county cricket, and improved as a cricketer to the point where he was chosen as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year.

In the early 1980s, Japanese labour and production costs were much lower than in America and to compete with the Japanese made guitars, Fender moved the lower priced Fender guitar production from America to Japan.

To offset their costs, Fender and his team-mate Rockley Wilson wrote for several newspapers and magazines during the tour.

After leaving Fender, he began marketing the Smokey Amp-a tiny, but powerful amplifier so called because it was made to fit in a cigarette pack.

Its body and electronics so closely matched those of the Fender Jaguar, released the following year, that in all but name the Fender VI was a precursor to that model.

Fender amplifiers began making a name for themselves with the Tweed series, so called because of their cloth covering, which is actually varnished cotton twill ( tweed is a coarse woollen fabric, commonly used for jackets, coats and caps ; it is often woven in a twill pattern, which is likely the reason for the confusion over naming.

His captaincy inspired a team which lacked effective bowlers to challenge strongly for the County Championship ; although Surrey never won the competition under his captaincy, critics judged it remarkable that they performed so well, and regarded Fender as the key.

Fender began to take wickets consistently in the middle of the season, and scored a century in the Gentlemen v Players match, so he was chosen for the fourth Test.

Rather than do so, Fender preferred not to play at all for Surrey, and amid press speculation about his absence from the team, he informed the committee that he no longer wished to play for the county.

In addition, the strength of the batting meant that Fender rarely had to play defensively, although he could do so if the situation demanded.

Fender wants the cure so he can have a monopoly on its production.

These are the mathematical result of the variation in volume of the notes, so there is a slight sense in which Leo Fender was correct in his naming of the vibrato unit ( but not of the " tremolo arm ").