Fireplace fenders... and Fender amps: antinomy in branding?

[pbenn]

Was watching a noir on TCM that had a fireplace shot
where the conventional fireplace had
roughly the proportions of a Fender amp.

And then I remembered the guard around a fireplace (source of danger) is called a fender.
And the sheetmetal over a radiator and over a turning car wheel... is called a fender.

But of course Leo's last name is a coincidence.

So I posit that the rough simularity between fireplaces
and heat-producing Fender amps, especially tweeds,

sets the brand up for greatness, and of the Four A's of Branding
(aura, allegory, Arcadia, antinomy), the antinomy (or paradox)
is that Leo's last name is coincidental to the symbolic brand effect.

 

[Siamese]

Put the joint down.

 

[Gardo]

“Did you ever think about how handy your hands are ? I wondered if that’s why they call them hands?”
- Edith Bunker

 

[Telenator]

I would throw a Champ in the fireplace. Those miserable little squawk box pieces of shi**...
Oh. Wait. I misunderstood the thread title...

 

[prairietelecaster]

Doctor my Ayes!

 

[Wrighty]

Was watching a noir on TCM that had a fireplace shot
where the conventional fireplace had
roughly the proportions of a Fender amp.

And then I remembered the guard around a fireplace (source of danger) is called a fender.
And the sheetmetal over a radiator and over a turning car wheel... is called a fender.

But of course Leo's last name is a coincidence.

So I posit that the rough simularity between fireplaces
and heat-producing Fender amps, especially tweeds,

sets the brand up for greatness, and of the Four A's of Branding
(aura, allegory, Arcadia, antinomy), the antinomy (or paradox)
is that Leo's last name is coincidental to the symbolic brand effec

You might just be over thinking this?

 

[Wrighty]

Was looking at my g string the other day…………..

 

[Gary in Boston]

This is like an Alice in Wonderland thread........................

 

[Ricky D.]

Put some Sun Ra on the turntable and think this through.

 

[archetype]

Was watching a noir on TCM that had a fireplace shot
where the conventional fireplace had
roughly the proportions of a Fender amp.

And then I remembered the guard around a fireplace (source of danger) is called a fender.
And the sheetmetal over a radiator and over a turning car wheel... is called a fender.

But of course Leo's last name is a coincidence.

So I posit that the rough simularity between fireplaces
and heat-producing Fender amps, especially tweeds,

sets the brand up for greatness, and of the Four A's of Branding
(aura, allegory, Arcadia, antinomy), the antinomy (or paradox)
is that Leo's last name is coincidental to the symbolic brand effect.

Coincidentally, last week we were watching an old movie and I stopped the movie to point out and explain the fireplace fender. The next movie had a fireplace fender, too.

 

[Kandinskyesque]

The etymology of the word Fender appears to come from
the Galician for defender in protecting a ship's hull when beached.
That might explain the fireplace fender and the 'wings' on a car.

However, there are two places in Scotland with the name Fender.
Loch (Lake) Fender in west Perthshire.
Also Glenfender in the Cairngorms.

I paid both places a visit last summer.
It had to be done.

This summer I hope to visit Loch Epiphone, and Glen Gretsch.

 

[Killing Floor]

The etymology of the word Fender appears to come from
the Galician for defender in protecting a ship's hull when beached.
That might explain the fireplace fender and the 'wings' on a car.

However, there are two places in Scotland with the name Fender.
Loch (Lake) Fender in west Perthshire.
Also Glenfender in the Cairngorms.
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I paid both places a visit last summer.
It had to be done.

This summer I hope to visit Loch Epiphone, and Glen Gretsch.

The Loch Gretsch Monster!
Gretschie is elusive as she is wide.

 

[Ricky D.]

Looking forward to some Alice Coltrane later. Can’t put it on before 1:00 AM.

 

[Peegoo]

What? A Fender Jaguar and a Jaguar fender in the same picture?

It's a harmonic convergence! The moon is in the seventh house of the rising sun!

 

[W.L.Weller]

Put some Sun Ra on the turntable and think this through.

 

[radiocaster]

Jimi.

 

[hemingway]

And we wonder why people believe conspiracy theories.

 

[Peegoo]

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That Old Blair fella is such an Atholl.

 

[PCollen]

Was watching a noir on TCM that had a fireplace shot
where the conventional fireplace had
roughly the proportions of a Fender amp.

And then I remembered the guard around a fireplace (source of danger) is called a fender.
And the sheetmetal over a radiator and over a turning car wheel... is called a fender.

But of course Leo's last name is a coincidence.

So I posit that the rough simularity between fireplaces
and heat-producing Fender amps, especially tweeds,

sets the brand up for greatness, and of the Four A's of Branding
(aura, allegory, Arcadia, antinomy), the antinomy (or paradox)
is that Leo's last name is coincidental to the symbolic brand effect.

WT_? Over.

 

[ronzhd]

Wow..