Hbom Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 4 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: I gotta ask though, what does ASAT stand for? --Ting Oh God! Please don't open that can! So many worms, and it always gets so messy. And I think the only guy that really knows is long gone.
killerteddybear Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 The party line goes this way... ASAT is a military abbreviation for "anti-satellite"; the name was suggested by author Richard Smith after he read an article about the Air Force's ASAT missile. Both Leo Fender and Dale Hyatt reportedly liked the image of a guitar shooting down things in space, and hence the name "stuck".Nov 25, 2010 Bring on the naysayers!
Biz Prof Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 1 hour ago, killerteddybear said: The party line goes this way... ASAT is a military abbreviation for "anti-satellite"; the name was suggested by author Richard Smith after he read an article about the Air Force's ASAT missile. Both Leo Fender and Dale Hyatt reportedly liked the image of a guitar shooting down things in space, and hence the name "stuck".Nov 25, 2010 Bring on the naysayers! Indeed, Leo was enamored of military aircraft and hardware: STRATOcaster, F-100, Sabre, Invader, ASAT, etc.
Ting Ho Dung Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Okay. I appreciate your responses. Thanks much. But, I still can't get asshat out of my head. Maybe there is a Fakyu (or whatever it says) asshat in the future.
FGJ Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 On October 1, 2016 at 11:36 AM, scottcald said: If only they'd called him Hondo II Isn't that thing on the left Salacious Crumb?
JochenP Posted October 5, 2016 Author Posted October 5, 2016 20 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: I gotta ask though, what does ASAT stand for? I´ve heard at the beginning of the 90´s: It means A Strat A Tele.. Don´t know if its right...
Biz Prof Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 2 hours ago, JochenP said: I´ve heard at the beginning of the 90´s: It means A Strat A Tele.. Don´t know if its right... It's not right. The prior answer re: military jargon is correct.
prototype-fan Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 15 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said: Okay. I appreciate your responses. Thanks much. But, I still can't get asshat out of my head. Maybe there is a Fakyu (or whatever it says) asshat in the future. If it's any consolation, the exact same thing comes to my mind whenever I hear ASAT. Too much MAD Magazine as a kid, I guess...
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