I spent an hour visiting the Fullerton Museum today. Part of the museum tour is the Lowdown on the Uproar: Leo's Electric Basses. It's an entire room dedicated to Leo Fender's electric bass work.
The exhibit contains examples of Leo's basses from the Fender years...
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| His Music Man years...  | And his G&L years...  |
There are large images scattered around the room of various bass players...
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Will Lee, Jerry Jemmott, Tina Weymouth, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Melissa Auf der Maur, Frank Bello, Bootsy Collins, Pino Palladino. The above images hanging in the museum were originally photographed by John Peden. All amateur-ish camera phone shots of said images were shakenly taken by yours truly.
There are videos to watch and a few prototypes of various instruments showcased.
There is a small amp and a guitar next to a bench as if it was meant to be played. If it was a bass, I would have. Too bad they didn't have a demo room.
There is a smaller room off to the side where its all about the guitars Leo worked on, but come on, guitars? Blech. Too many strings.
There is a store in front for nicknacks and a few rooms of art-work.
Was it worth the $4? Definitely. I enjoyed the exhibits and the basses on display. I felt a sense of history reading the details and hearing Leo talk about his early days and the need for an electronic bass.
The bass exhibit will be open through the summer.
The Fullerton Museum
301 N. Pomona Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 738-6545
There are videos to watch and a few prototypes of various instruments showcased.
There is a small amp and a guitar next to a bench as if it was meant to be played. If it was a bass, I would have. Too bad they didn't have a demo room.
There is a smaller room off to the side where its all about the guitars Leo worked on, but come on, guitars? Blech. Too many strings.
There is a store in front for nicknacks and a few rooms of art-work.
Was it worth the $4? Definitely. I enjoyed the exhibits and the basses on display. I felt a sense of history reading the details and hearing Leo talk about his early days and the need for an electronic bass.
The bass exhibit will be open through the summer.
The Fullerton Museum
301 N. Pomona Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 738-6545
