New video: Ten Things Leo Got Wrong

[Mincer]

I'd add that 22 frets should have been the right choice from the beginning. Not having any body contouring on a Tele was wrong, too. And, he used to use slot-head screws for much of the guitar, which should be nowhere near and instrument.

I do love the volume knob placement, though. I won't buy a guitar with the knob in any other place.

 

[Hodgo]

I'd add that 22 frets should have been the right choice from the beginning. Not having any body contouring on a Tele was wrong, too. And, he used to use slot-head screws for much of the guitar, which should be nowhere near and instrument.

I do love the volume knob placement, though. I won't buy a guitar with the knob in any other place.

See now these are the kind of opinions I can pull my pitchfork out for

22 frets - eh. Mostly annoying notes up there.

Body contours? Bah humbug. If you can play a dreadnought acoustic you shouldn’t struggle with an itty bitty Tele.

Slot heads - yes, but honestly Philips heads suck too. Modern guitars should switch to hex.

Vol knob - I don’t play Strats so I don’t have an opinion. On the Tele, you can just bend the switch so the switch tip is angled out of the way.

 

[ruscio]

Wow....like any rational person, I never have a beef with people's opinions that run contrary to mine. But some of those comments on YouTube today have been simply awful. Really viscous ad hominems aimed at me. I had to delete a few.

I just can't understand how people can allow themselves to become so spiteful over things that matter so little.

The internet is truly a strange place.

There does seem to be a cult of vintage enthusiasts eager to apologize for and defend every choice Leo ever made. To each their own.

Maybe some of the nastiness could have been avoided with a quick run-down of many things Leo got right? You did acknowledge this very clearly, but maybe some folks would have been more satisfied if you'd provided even a quick list of many of Leo's brilliant innovations?

Perhaps that's an idea for a follow-up video? Not an apology, but to highlight some of the features Leo pioneered and that Fender (and Warmoth) continue to offer...

 

[aarontunes]

You did acknowledge this very clearly

Abundantly. LOL.

Haters gonna hate. I'm not wounded. I have my books and my poetry to protect me.

 

[aarontunes]

I do love the volume knob placement, though. I won't buy a guitar with the knob in any other place.

 

[mayfly]

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Should say: "Despite your OBVIOUS flaws"

 

[Strat Avenger]

Tele plates should be reversed and the switch slot angled.

Or at least an option.

 

[Jebberz]

You forgot headstock strap button on vintage fender basses... less usefull actually than the Tug Bar, and no aestethic valus as the ashtray

 

[Mincer]

See now these are the kind of opinions I can pull my pitchfork out for

22 frets - eh. Mostly annoying notes up there.

Body contours? Bah humbug. If you can play a dreadnought acoustic you shouldn’t struggle with an itty bitty Tele.

Slot heads - yes, but honestly Philips heads suck too. Modern guitars should switch to hex.

Vol knob - I don’t play Strats so I don’t have an opinion. On the Tele, you can just bend the switch so the switch tip is angled out of the way.

I am with you that hex screws would be better. Magnets, even better. But I hate playing dreds, though. My acoustic is a super-contoured carbon fiber Emerald. I am not putting up with a sharp edge in the ribs, ever. I don't have an opinion on a Tele, because it is not a serious instrument, and therefore won't be considered here.

 

[Hodgo]

I don't have an opinion on a Tele, because it is not a serious instrument, and therefore won't be considered here.

Ok well now you’re just being intentionally hurtful

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Go ahead.....tell me how wrong I am. I can handle it.

No joke on those tone knobs.
All starts I built had a master volume, and a tone on the bridge pickup only, and then,only if it were a Single Coil.
Since I use EMG’s, it’s really easy, and nowadays, I only do an HSS with a 58 (P90) voicing in the bridge because it is far more balanced than a regular single coil.

 

[NedRyerson]

Body contours? Bah humbug. If you can play a dreadnought acoustic you shouldn’t struggle with an itty bitty Tele.

Ovation has entered the chat.

 

[Hodgo]

Ovation has entered the chat.

Doubles as a field toilet

 

[Strat Avenger]

On the Strat, I like the volume knob 1/2 inch further away from the bridge pickup than the original location.