The Alabama Inventors Database includes inventors who lived in Alabama at the time they received their patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Government Documents Department of the Birmingham Public Library compiles these records and updates the database on an ongoing basis.
The Fender Custom Shop produces special-order guitars for customers through a Custom Shop dealer network, creates limited edition guitars, builds limited edition amplifiers, and does some research & design for the parent company.
When Leo Fender realized in the 1940s that he could improve old-school hollow-bodied instruments with the use of a simple solid-body design, he made big plans to alter the way guitars would be made in the future. Fender has been changing the way we make music since they introduced the first Telecaster guitar in 1951.As one of today's most recognized electric guitar brands, Fender sums it up best themselves with this message: Playing a Fender isn't just what you do, it's who you are..hen Leo Fender realized in the 1940s that he could improve old-school hollow-bodied instruments with the use of a simple solid-body design, he made big plans to alter the way guitars would be made in the future. Fender has been changing the way we make music since they introduced the first Telecaster guitar in 1951.