Master Volume and Tone Control.įender Lead I/III Humbucker Pickup Specifications 3 position pickup selector switch (neck, neck and bridge, bridge), 3 position coil selector switch (neck single coil, both coils neck or bridge, bridge single coil) which determines if a single coil or both coils of each pickup will be selected. * Lead III, 1982: Two specially designed humbuckers ( Seth Lover designed), one at the neck, the other at the bridge. It was a Lead II, once wielded by Eric Clapton, which started the now famous Hard Rock Café guitar collection. 3 position pickup selector switch (neck, neck and bridge, bridge), 2 position phase shift switch (in phase, out of phase) which operates only when both pickups are selected (middle position). The X-1 pickup was also used in the bridge position on the "Strat" and the "Dan Smith Stratocaster" models. * Lead II, 1979-1982: Two specially designed X-1 single coil pickups, one at the neck, and the other at the bridge. 3 position coil selector switch (single coil, both coils, single coil), 2 position humbucker series-parallel select switch which operates only when both coils are selected (middle position). * Lead I, 1979-1982: A single specially designed bridge position split humbucker ( Seth Lover designed).
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$495.00).They were eventually replaced in Fender's line up by the Fender Japan Squier JV model in 1982 as Fender expanded it's operations by starting Fender Japan.Notable guitar players include Eric Clapton, Elliot Easton ("Touch and Go" guitar solo from the Panorama album by The Cars), Roger Miller and Steve Morse ("Punk Sandwich" track from the "Night of the Living Dregs" by the Dixie Dregs) In addition Bono Vox of U2 brandished a Fender Lead Series on the band's "War" Tour in 1983 and can be seen playing a black model in the live "Under a Blood Red Sky" video. The Lead Series were manufactured at Fender's Fullerton, California plant and priced below the Stratocaster models of the time (approx. The Lead Series were one of the first USA Fender models to return to the original Leo Fender small headstock design.The Stratocaster models at the time of the Lead Series release in late 1979 were still using the larger headstock design until the introduction of the Dan Smith Stratocaster in 1981.Although they are not Stratocasters the Lead Series played a pivotal design role between the large headstock Stratocaster models and the return to the original small headstock Stratocaster models in 1981. Wilson was succeeded by John Page, who eventually headed the Fender Custom Shop.The Lead Series have elements of the Stratocaster and Telecaster in their design with a body that is slightly smaller and with a slightly different shape than the Stratocaster, a Stratocaster like neck (and headstock), and hardtail bridge with Telecaster-like string ferrules at the back of the body. under the direction of Gregg Wilson and Freddie Tavares. Manufactured between 19 by the Fender Musical Equipment Co. * Comes with a tolex or moulded plastic case. * The saddle screws used lock nuts, not springs. * Bridge uses a string spacing of 0.404" (10 mm). * 3 Ply BWB through 1981 and WBW through 1982 pickguard with foil backing. * "F" tuners (American made, by an outside supplier in Fullerton CA), and "F" 4 bolt neck plate. * Truss rod adjustment at the heel of the neck.
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* Neck width at nut 1.625" (41.2 mm), plus applied finish thickness. * Vintage style “Soft C” profile neck with a 7¼" (184 mm) radius. This series went through Lead I, Lead II and Lead III models. The Fender Lead Series was produced by the Fender/Rogers/Rhodes Division of CBS Musical Instruments.
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