Image: FenderGuitarPatentDiagram
Description: Diagrams of Leo Fender's lap steel guitar design from 1944 patent application, emphasizing the design of the guitar pickup.
Title: FenderGuitarPatentDiagram
Credit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=2455575 (rotated, cropped, and dust removed)
Author: Clarence Leo Fender, Clayton Orr Kauffman
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