Tomash Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Fantastic. Health and safety from another era too! Tom Quote
The Bass Doc Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Very interesting. Distinct absence of masks in the areas involving sanding and spraying. Health and safety eh? Quote
KiOgon Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Lovely - if only we could go back there & buy a truck load! Thanks for sharing Quote
Truckstop Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 At about 5.40, are they lap steel guitars? Truckstop Quote
wateroftyne Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=500+South+Raymond,+los+angeles&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=500+S+Raymond+Ave,+Pasadena,+Los+Angeles,+California+91105,+United+States&ll=34.137104,-118.14881&spn=0.001383,0.001824&t=h&z=19&lci=org.wikipedia.en&layer=c&cbll=34.137104,-118.14881&panoid=Ko4WtUigZySX_QXJDyNEZw&cbp=12,139.73,,0,12.41"]50 years on...[/url] Quote
noelk27 Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Wonder if there are a few guys, hanging around the door, drawing on a Malboro! Quote
xilddx Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Really interesting, thanks for posting it. No health and safety apparent there though! The guy in the spray booth and the woodworkers have no respiratory protection or other personal protective equipment, no machine guarding (watch the ejected piece of wood at 2.55!), I wonder how many early Fender employees had respiratory health problems later in life, or took a few fingers of, or had a eye out .. Quote
mart Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 [quote name='Truckstop' post='1087842' date='Jan 13 2011, 12:30 PM']At about 5.40, are they lap steel guitars? Truckstop[/quote] Yup. Great video - thanks Burrito! Quote
bumnote Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1088123' date='Jan 13 2011, 03:08 PM']Really interesting, thanks for posting it. No health and safety apparent there though! The guy in the spray booth and the woodworkers have no respiratory protection or other personal protective equipment, no machine guarding (watch the ejected piece of wood at 2.55!), I wonder how many early Fender employees had respiratory health problems later in life, or took a few fingers of, or had a eye out ..[/quote] I had an interesting coversation with a factory inspector a few years ago about guards. He said in SOME cases, people got complacent because there were guards fitted to machines, and they bo longer took reasonable care. I used to work in a factory in 1962 and it was not unlike that in terms of machinery. We used to have a plating shop with open windows and no ventilation, and we all used trichloroetheline by the bucketfull for cleaning. How times change Quote
TheRockinRoadie Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Cheers for posting that, I enjoyed it Quote
Noisyjon Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 What a great video. Love the Guys jamming and looking cool at the end As mentioned - What a shocking lack of 'elf & safety! Quote
keeponehandloose Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Looked as though there were extractor hoses on some of the band saws to draw away the sawdust.Surprised at how much was done by hand and not machinery. Definetly some skill going on there Quote
EssentialTension Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 Great film. Thanks. [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/255984-fender-factory-1959-a.html"]There's an interesting discussion of this film at the TDPRI.[/url] Some argument that the film must be earlier than 1959, possibly 1957, due to the appearance of a Jazzmaster prototype. And a claim that this: is [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Tavares"]Freddie Tavares[/url] playing said Jazzmaster prototype. Quote
voxpop Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Thanks Tim. That was fascinating, a real slice of 1950's life style. Edited January 13, 2011 by voxpop Quote
Rayman Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 [quote name='jonthebass' post='1088274' date='Jan 13 2011, 04:42 PM']What a great video. Love the Guys jamming and looking cool at the end [/quote] I wonder if they could've imagined what those two guitars they're mucking about on would be worth now? Quote
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