POST # 182 Leo Fender on his first PICKUPS for K&F in the 40's

"The magnets in our pickups came off the flywheel of Model T Fords, which used magnets on the flywheel and coils on the engine block as an alternator" - Leo Fender

( I think it'd be pretty cool if my pickups came from a flywheel of a Model T Ford! Dick Dale talks about Leo Fender. - Ed)