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By 1980 sales of the traditional 70's silver faces Fender amp had dwindled and stiff competition was being had from other manufacturers who ... offered channel switching and different sounds from the Fender amps. Paul Rivera came on board in the early eighties and brought back a mid-60's cosmetic to the line and the silver-fced look was discontinued. Solid state amplifiers were introduced again at this time but notable better than earlier efforts.
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Fender skirts, known in Australia as [S]pats, are pieces of bodywork that cover the upper portions of the rear tires of an automobile. They are typically detachable to allow for tire changes.
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For more than four decades, Fender electric guitars and amplifiers have had a tremendous influence on the way the world composes, plays and listens to music. While guitarists in the early part of this century played country, folk or blues on acoustic guitars, in the 1930's, jazz musicians experimented with amplifying traditional hollow-body guitars so they could play with other instruments at the same sound level. One problem was that the speakers and pickups tended to generate feedback when played at a high level.
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October 1950: all Fender guitars have a truss. Only pre-October 1950 Esquires have no truss rod. Adjusts at the "butt" of the neck by the pickups. Click here to see the difference between vintage and repro Fender truss rod nuts.
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Throughout the remainder of the Seventies, Fender's success continued, most notably with the Number Two single Living It Down in 1976. That same year, he released two more albums, Your Cheatin' Heart and Rock 'N' Country. In 1977, he ... issued a holiday record, Merry Christmas--Feliz Navidad. As the 1980s dawned, however, his popularity began slipping; after his final chart hit, 1983's Chokin' Kind, he focused on an acting career, highlighted by an appearance in the 1988 Robert Redford film The Milagro Beanfield War
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In 1993 Fender opened up the custom amp shop and soon the modern custom classics such as the Vibro King and the Tonemaster were realized. Later on they opened a new plant in Corona, CA to make solid state amps. It has now become their primary location for all tube amp manufacturing. Fender's solid state amps now are made in a state of the art facility in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
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