The Stratocaster (and Telecaster, three years earlier—1951) was a radical and visionary rethinking of a product that became a standard that still stands 70 years later. Taking the assembly line method from automobiles and applying it to guitars by producing guitars that could be screwed together was genius. As was the futuristic design. I own one of each.
Yeah it was actually called Broadcaster for a year then they changed the name. Les Paul (famous guitar player and inventor) was one of the first people to put a pickup on a sold block of wood and make a guitar in the 1940s. He invented multitrack recording also, which is still used today. And, of course, Gibson named a guitar after him that has been around since the 1950s. Another standard.
Auto-pilot is such a energy saver. The brain fills in the blanks and we like the way things are because it does not challenge us. While I appreciate our wiring, you are correct we need to look at the problem from all sides and evaluate our blind spots. Thank you for the reminder! Looking forward...
Yes indeed. Autopilot is definitely necessary to save up our energy, but breaking away from it can help us discover opportunities to improve things around us.
The Stratocaster (and Telecaster, three years earlier—1951) was a radical and visionary rethinking of a product that became a standard that still stands 70 years later. Taking the assembly line method from automobiles and applying it to guitars by producing guitars that could be screwed together was genius. As was the futuristic design. I own one of each.
I didn't know about the Telecaster! Thanks for sharing, Mark :-)
Yeah it was actually called Broadcaster for a year then they changed the name. Les Paul (famous guitar player and inventor) was one of the first people to put a pickup on a sold block of wood and make a guitar in the 1940s. He invented multitrack recording also, which is still used today. And, of course, Gibson named a guitar after him that has been around since the 1950s. Another standard.
In case you haven’t noticed I am a guitar geek. 🤣
Auto-pilot is such a energy saver. The brain fills in the blanks and we like the way things are because it does not challenge us. While I appreciate our wiring, you are correct we need to look at the problem from all sides and evaluate our blind spots. Thank you for the reminder! Looking forward...
Yes indeed. Autopilot is definitely necessary to save up our energy, but breaking away from it can help us discover opportunities to improve things around us.