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“My dad never referred to it as a Gibson guitar or Fender guitar… it was always that goddamn guitar.”<\/i> – Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n
A parents worst nightmare is when their kid asks for a guitar. Most kids growing up in the 60’s and 70’s usually wanted one of two guitars, a Gibson Les Paul, or a Fender Stratocaster. I, of course, always wanted a Les Paul because Jimmy Page played one, but I also wanted a Telecaster because Springsteen played one. I now own one of each. Last week fellow “Polar Express” and “Dinosaur” surviver Bau asked if I’d be interested in a tour of the Fender guitar factory in Corona. Hell yeah! He won the tour while visiting the Fender Museum. So, today, we headed out to beautiful Corona and met Steve Grom, who is VP Corporate Quality Assurance, and got to see the manufacturing process and the Fender Custom Shop. It was pretty damn cool.<\/p>\n
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