NAMM 2020 VIDEO: Fender's Lead is back from the dead
Lost late-'70s solidbody line revived
NAMM 2020: Fender, as per, have made a slew of big announcements at NAMM 2020, but one of our favourites is the re-emergence of a largely forgotten solidbody from the late-'70s.
The original Lead hit the stores in 1979 and the model remained available into 1982, before it was discontinued. We went to find out why Fender have brought it back.
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