Fender Stratocaster Headstock History True Origin History

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Fender Stratocaster Headstock design true origin. In 1954 Leo Fender introduced his iconic Guitar "The Fender Stratocaster". This is still the most popular Guitar design in the world. A couple of weeks ago I got a Traditional Croatian Guitar for a repair in my Luthier Workshop and this Tambura reminded me on a book that I used to buy 20 years ago were I have read something very interesting about the Stratocaster Headstock design.
I refer to the following books for my quotes and pictures:
* "The Stratocaster Chronicles"
Celebrating 50 years of the Fender Stratocaster
by Tom Wheeler
Distribution: Hal Leonard
* "Faszination Gitarre"
Conny Restle und Christopher Li
Distribution: Nicolai Verlag
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* Important to say that I am not sponsored I have bought this books regularly and I just liked to show you the source of my investigation .
Fender Stratocaster Headstock design true origin Luthier Workshop repair Ep.40
#guitar #fender #vintage #historic
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@petrekguitars Месяц назад

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@antoine2333 28 дней назад

Hi Friend, interesting topic about Fender headstocks. Leo was inspired from Paul Bigsby who himself was inspired from violin or double bass headstock shapes. Look closely to a violin and here is where it all began ! Anyway, thank you for this bright video and see you soon...

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot for watching and for your Feedback Mate.And for sharing your thoughts. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@ricksmusicroom5578 23 дня назад

Yes I believe the c b s headstock was borrowed from Bigsby

@petrekguitars 23 дня назад

@@ricksmusicroom5578 Thanks for sharing . Yes there is a theory about this. Best Regards Nik

@thegeekdude67 26 дней назад

My first electric was a Strat and I was hooked from the start. I own around 30 guitars today and 5 of them are Strats. They’re still my daily player. I fell in love with the Strat way way back when. I’m still not over it. Btw - your custom Strat you built is amazing! Beautiful work! 🎸😎👊

@petrekguitars 26 дней назад

Thank you so much for your positive Feedback and for sharing your Story. Best Regards Nik

@pmsphoto 2 дня назад

Excellent video [again] Thanks, I really enjoyed this one... 😄

@petrekguitars 2 дня назад

Thank you so much for saying this🙏🕺🏻👌You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@bradrehn1007 27 дней назад

Stunning guitars and great info... makes me dream of building a Tumblecaster!!

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your positive comment. Just go for it you are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@user-mg6yd6el5u 27 дней назад

Thank you for sharing that, it was so interesting😃😃😃

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your positive comment. Best Regards Nik

@munter10 28 дней назад

Very cool, I never knew the history, so thank you!😎👍

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for watching and your positive Feedback. Cheers Nik

@lukespread 28 дней назад

Thank you. Brilliant.

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot Luke. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@jasonchew79 28 дней назад

Love your repair video, hope to see more video from your repair work.😊

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Yes of course there were a lot of incredible Instruments in my Workshop the Videos will coming up soon. Best Regards Nik

@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151 28 дней назад

I wish I could send you photos of the fender I just repaired. It was trashed so bad. Man. I love watching your stuff. I would love to see you making a star from scratch.that would be cool!

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thank you so much for your kind words Ben. Feel free you can send me some pictures on my Instagram account or on my Email 👍I always try to make a full build Video but didn’t have the time so far.. maybe in the future. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151 27 дней назад

@@petrekguitars ok cool. I will do that.

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

@@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151 You are welcome Mate 🕺🏻👍

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

@@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151 You are welcome. Cheers Nik

@kortgreen7725 Месяц назад

I know the real story, guy! I knew Harold Romero jr, whose father Harold Sr. , was friends with Leo Fender in the early days. The strat headstock is " R" shaped for a reason. Im interested now in WHAT U SAY!

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

@@kortgreen7725 Hey Thanks a lot for your feedback and for sharing your story. Thus sounds very interesting but my Story is another 😉👍Enjoy the Video on Wednesday and I am so curious if you ever heard about the true Historic background… Please let me know in the comments. Best Regards Nik

@TheGorillafoot 19 дней назад

Interesting stuff

@petrekguitars 19 дней назад

Thanks a lot for watching and your positive comment 🕺🏻👍Best Regards Nik

@danielpayne3336 25 дней назад

Paul Bigsby and Leo were friends but Paul always said Leo "borrowed" his design for the Stratocaster headstock. Leo denied it but if you see pictures of both guitars you can see that Paul might have a point

@petrekguitars 25 дней назад

Hey Daniel Thanks a lot for sharing. Yes this is quite obviously. Thanks for watching. Best Regards Nik

@elducko1951 28 дней назад

at 2:35 - 25.5 inches is 647.7 millimeter. Beyond that it's is a very well done video and I learned somethings I didn't know Thanks

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thank you so much for you positive feedback Tom. And I have learned something from you 👍🕺🏻You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@cnmngirl76 27 дней назад

There is some truth to what Nik is saying here. But I think if you are a guitar enthusiast it is really important to read "The Birth of Loud" because Leo Fender, Paul Bigsby and Les Paul were regularly kvetching on designing a production solid body guitar so it is difficult to say who came up with what and when. We do know that Paul Bigsby was what we would call today a boutique builder that introduced a solid body electric with a headstock much like the Croatian headstock before Leo produced the Stratocaster. I would credit Leo Fender with a designing a more modern refinement of the Paul Bigsby headstock. One could also surmise Paul and Leo were both taking cues from the Croatian/Stauffer style headstocks and making vast improvements in the tuners and their orientation.

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your feedback and your detailed explanation Amy. This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing you are welcome. 🕺🏻👍Best Regards Nik

@cnmngirl76 27 дней назад

@@petrekguitars Thank you Nik. I have to say I was pretty amazed and enlightened to learn that Croatian Creation and the Stratocaster enjoy the same scale length! Wow.

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

@@cnmngirl76 Thanks for your Feedback. I have to say I was also very surprised:-) Best Regards Nik

@ricksmusicroom5578 23 дня назад

Bigsby made a headstock in the early 50's that is extremely close to the big Hendrix style CBS headstock.

@petrekguitars 23 дня назад

Thanks for your Feedback. That's absolutely correct. The question is were got he the inspiration from 🙂 Best Regards Nik

@steennordberg-nielsen3012 28 дней назад

It looks like the shape is taken from the luthier Stauffer. He made guitars in the early 1800.

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for your Feedback. Yes absolutely correct that's what I have mentioned in the Video. Best Regards Nik

@Tanis1415 28 дней назад

excellent data

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thank you so much for saying that. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@archbox8593 28 дней назад

So my head canon used to be that all the fender headstock shapes (tele, strat, even that 12 string hockey headstock) look like pointy wizard hats but with the tip of the hat drooping (imagine smurf hat but taller). And it even made sense with the guitar names ending with -caster, as in casting spells :P anyways stupid explanation and totally made up but it stuck in my head :) and nice video btw cheers did not know about this instrument before

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks you so much for your posFeedback and for sharing your thoughts. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@runrin_ 5 дней назад

i'm a big fender fan, but this isn't the whole story. the 1948 bigsby merle travis guitar has a nearly identical headstock to the strat, but obviously leo himself isn't going to admit to ripping it off completely.

@petrekguitars 5 дней назад

Thanks a lot for watching and for your feedback. Yes off course it’s common knowledge that Bigsby used this kind of design before Fender does. But the Croatian Design is far more back in time… I just quoted what Leo Fender was saying in the Interview that is also included as a Audio CD if you buy this book. Best Regards Nik

@Sailor92 18 дней назад

Greetings from Serbia

@petrekguitars 18 дней назад

Pozdrav iz Frankfurta ...

@Sailor92 18 дней назад

@@petrekguitars :))

@deanbartone8187 28 дней назад

Hey my friend, I like the video very cool but really got me. Was all those beautiful guitars of yours that you built absolutely beautiful. That includes the bass. Beautiful instruments.❤❤❤

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Hey Dean thank you so much for saying this 🙏🕺🏻👍You made my day. If you like to see more pictures of my Instruments feel free to check out my Homepage. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@deanbartone8187 28 дней назад

@@petrekguitars oh absolutely, I will thanks. I’ll check them out tomorrow. Just getting ready to go to sleep. Who knows perhaps one day I’ll be able to afford to have you build one for me would love it. Glad I found your channel.

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

@@deanbartone8187 Thanks amte. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@deanbartone8187 28 дней назад

@@petrekguitars all right I had to go look😂 a couple of beautiful pieces, the one t style autumn my God that guitar is gorgeous and the very first one the drug absolutely beautiful six string bass absolutely gorgeous one day my friend one day let me know how much something like that would cost me US dollars

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

@@deanbartone8187 Thanks for your interest. Most of them are not for sale… but there is a very personal story behind the „Autumn“ Telly. Feel free to check out the Video „My Greatest Guitar Project“ on my RU-vid channel… Enjoy and best Regards Nik

@csn-audio 28 дней назад

❤

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot. Best Regards Nik

@johnlowry7768 Месяц назад

It came from Paul bigsbey

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

@@johnlowry7768 Thanks a lot for your feedback Paul. A lot of people believe in this Story but it’s not the true origin 😉Enjoy the upcoming Video on Wednesday at 6 p.m. you are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@meekkeene2218 Месяц назад

Perhaps he got the inspirational shape from up right bass and violin head stocks of course he stylized the shape to serve his purpose?

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

Thanks for your Feedback. That's a theory a lot of people have but it's not the True origin of the Headstock design. The Full Video will be released on Wednesday stay curios...and enjoy the upcoming Video. Best Regards Nik

@kortgreen7725 28 дней назад

Fender still won't admit it but they KNOW WHO LEO GOT IT FROM.

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for your Feedback Mate. Cheers Nik

@ErickvdK 28 дней назад

Dear Kort, you appear to be somewhat obsessed with the subject. Did you know ancient fretless banjos used a very similar design, for instance? The world is a curious place, absolute truth is hard to find...😊

@kortgreen7725 28 дней назад

@@ErickvdK I'm not obsessed with any subject I only Know facts as they were told 2 me by a close friend who NEVER lied 2 me in 48 yrs,Harold Jr. I DONT KNOW LEO! THATS ALL IM SAYING!

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

@@ErickvdK Thanks a lot for sharing. I didn't know that. Best Regards Nik

@EbonyPope 9 дней назад

2:25 It's 64,5 centimeters not millimeters. ;)

@petrekguitars 9 дней назад

Thanks for your feedback. That’s correct 👌👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik

@MuscleCarLover 28 дней назад

And here I thought he was inspired by Paul Bigsby

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts. Best Regards Nik

@cnmngirl76 27 дней назад

Leo was inspired by Paul Bigsby check out the book "The Birth of Loud"

@petrekguitars 27 дней назад

@@cnmngirl76 Thanks for your feedback. Best Regards Nik

@kortgreen7725 28 дней назад

Leo never g ave credit where it was due, HE got it from Harold Romero Sr.

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts. Best Regards Nik

@marccarter1350 18 дней назад

Could nevewr take to fendewrs due to the way they have those channels under the pick guard, and the massive jumbo frets they use. Rather a Gibson made Guitar any day, or an older Hofner!

@petrekguitars 18 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik

@milenakorovljev4209 28 дней назад

There is nothing new about this suposed, "discovery". We from Balkan region understood the origin of the Stratocaster head stock shape ever since Fender made his ow verson of it. By the way, it is not the Croatian designe....it came from the Staufer company in Austria that made those instruments. Balkan regions at that time were under Austro-- Hungarian empire so, it is not surprising that fashions were adopted regionaly. To call it " Croation " invention is not therefore, accurate. ❤

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot for your Feedback and for sharing your opinion. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

@milenakorovljev4209 28 дней назад

@@petrekguitars It is not just my opinion. Take a look at products of the Staufer, Austrian company that made those instruments. I know that you will not make that correction -- it will not fit with your agenda. Even Martin company made acoustic guitars with that shape because Mr.Martin learned his craft with Staufer comp. Nothing new under the Son. And , just the fact that someone understand the facts diferent then your assertions, should make you rethink those assertions....Regards....

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

@@milenakorovljev4209 Thanks for your Feedback. That's absolutely correct and that's what I mentioned in the Video. I just quote what Leo Fender says. Best Regards Nik

@user-uu7on8eh2n 28 дней назад

????

@petrekguitars 28 дней назад

Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik

@Danielmchargue-ce9rb 15 дней назад

Good try pilgrim , he stole it from Paul Bigsby

@petrekguitars 15 дней назад

Thanks for watching and for sharing your opinion 👍Best Regards Nik

@kortgreen7725 Месяц назад

I DONT CARE WHAT DA BOOKS SAY, I GOT IT STAIGHT FROMDA HORSES SONS MOUTH! ITS A ROMERO DESIGN! GOOGLE OFFSET ROMERO GUITAR N SEE

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

@@kortgreen7725 Thanks a lot for sharing your opinion Mate. It’s not about what a book says it’s more about what Leo Fender in person says about it 😉Including a old Interview that is also on a CD. Enjoy the Video on Wednesday. Best Regards Nik

@kortgreen7725 Месяц назад

@@petrekguitars not opinion but facts . Leo and Harold Romero Sr. were drinking n card playing buddies back in the 40 s n 50s! Leo wanted to build pedal steel guitars n told his salesmen to keep an eye out for pedal steel builders, Harold Romero built fine pedal steel guitars n Leo wanted to meet Harold, and they became friends! Leo asked Harold if he could use Harold's headstock design, n Harold said he could, but he never got any recognition from Leo who instead credits Bigsby with the design! Harold Sr. built a pedal steel guitar for Buddy Harger and Harold Jr. donated it to the Smithsonian, Its not opinion, JUST FACTS FROM FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS , don't believe everything u read in books

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

@@kortgreen7725 Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation. this is very interesting and surly correct. But I am talking about the true origin were maybe also Bigsby get his inspiration from....I suggest the upcoming video will be a real Gamer Changer. Sorry for making you so curious but in 4 Days you can watch the whole Story. Best Regards Nik

@kortgreen7725 Месяц назад

@@petrekguitars I'm going to wait n see. Thanks for posting this! I still say they both got it from Harold Sr. ! Leo n Harold,Sr. used to ride all over the south in a HAROLD's ROLLS ROYSE!

@petrekguitars Месяц назад

@@kortgreen7725 You are welcome Mate. Best Regards Nik