Well, more sad news at the beginning of a very hopeful year, long time Fender Musical Instrument Company's original marketing guru, Don Randall, has passed on. I've been a Fender fan boy for decades now (long before "fan boy" became a real term!), and while I've never met Don personally, he helped create a house hold brand name with Fender, that proves there are actually very few men of genius.

From Fender's web site - "Other than Leo Fender himself, Randall was undoubtedly the most important person in the original era of Fender history, 1946 to 1965. He was Leo Fender’s partner and the sales, distribution, marketing and advertising genius behind the company’s rise from small California guitar maker to worldwide musical industry leader."

One of Fender's founding fathers.