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Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:14 am**

... a Rick domaine is attacked

: Fender goes Checkerboard!!!

...or did Paul move over to the other side!

Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:25 am**

Fender was using checker binding in the '60s! On some acoustic guitars and a few special Teles.

Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:19 pm**

Not very surprising, since the person who designed Fender's first acoustics was Roger Rossmeisl.

http://www.fender.com/news/fender-acoustic-instruments/

Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:35 pm**

Roger was also responsible for some Fenders with a German carve on them.

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:48 am**

jps wrote:Roger was also responsible for some Fenders with a German carve on them.

Which Fender had a German carve?

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:52 am**

ilan wrote:
jps wrote:Roger was also responsible for some Fenders with a German carve on them.
Which Fender had a German carve?

The LTD, for one.

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:36 pm**

Right. Completely forgot about that one.

Checkerboard Erosion!