Elinye lamabhasi amasha e-Routemaster aseLondon ligoqwe ngomklamo ophefumulelwe yi-Fender ohlanganisa isithombe sesiginci esikhulu se-Stratocaster esihlotshiswe ngaphesheya kwaso. I-Fender ikhiqize iziginci ezingu-25 ezilinganiselwe ezinanela umklamo webhasi le-Routemaster - eliphelele ngezici zakudala ezifana ne-iconic Transport for London (TfL) "Roundel" kanye nedizayini yendwangu yesihlalo "ye-moquette".
Izolo ebusuku i-Routemaster yesitayela se-“Rock n Roll” ebesilindelwe ngabomvu kanye nesiginci esingajwayelekile kwembulwe esixukwini esisenkabeni ye-Camden - indawo ecwile emlandweni ocebile womculo.
I-Fender-themed Routemaster idlale njengosokhaya wethalente lomculo elisha lase-London elingabhalisiwe, kwathi u-Violet Bones eklonyeliswe njengabawine umncintiswano obungathwa yi-Strummerville - isisekelo somculo esisha sika-Joe Strummer.
Ekhuluma eMnyuziyamu Wezokuthutha waseLondon, lapho uFender enze khona ubusuku bokubungaza izithonjana ezimbili zokuklama, u-Leon Daniels, uMqondisi Ophethe we-TfL we-Surface Transport, uthe: “Sijabule kakhulu ukugubha iminyaka engu-60 yezithombe ezimbili zokuklama endaweni enjalo. indlela eyingqayizivele. Inethiwekhi yamabhasi ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile futhi elingakaze libonwe emlandweni womculo ocebile waseLondon amashumi amaningi eminyaka - ukuthutha izinkulungwane zezinkulungwane zabathandi bomculo kuma-gigs ezindaweni ezinqamula idolobha masonto onke - futhi, mhlawumbe okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukubabuyisela ekhaya ngokuphepha ngemva kwalokho. imidlalo emangalisayo abangasoze bayikhohlwa.”
Ibhasi le-Fender eliphefumulelwe i-Routemaster manje selizosebenzisa umzila ongunombolo 24 - 'umzila wamagugu omculo' waseLondon, othatha e-Camden - ikhaya le-Jazz Cafe ne-Roundhouse, isizinda somkhakha wezinsimbi zomculo wase-UK 'tin pan alley', kanye I-Oxford Street - lapho iklabhu yodumo eyi-100 isijabulise abalandeli bomculo amashumi eminyaka.
Lo mzila ongunombolo 24 uphinde udlule eVictoria, Big Ben, Downing Street, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road, Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, Camden Lock futhi ekugcineni eHampstead… zonke lezi zindawo zinezindawo eziningi eziheha izivakashi.
“Kunokuxhumana okungenakunyakaziswa phakathi kweFender nomculo waseBrithani oyisakhiwo sodumo ovela ku-The Yardbirds kanye nethi The Who to bands afana ne-The Clash, Blur namanye,” kusho u-Justin Norvell, iphini likamongameli wezokumaketha kwe-Fender. "Imilando yethu nekusasa kuhlangene, futhi leli bhasi le-Routemaster liyindlela enhle yokuhlonipha lokho kuxhumana komculo nomlando."
Njengengxenye yemigubho yoNyaka Webhasi, i-TfL ihlanganyele ne-Fender ngokuqaphela indlela zombili lezi zinhlangano ezibambe iqhaza elikhulu ngayo othandweni lwaseLondon ngomculo - ihlinzeka ngezinsimbi ezingenakubalwa zezinkanyezi ezibhale ngazo futhi zenze izingoma zazo ezishisa izikhotha, futhi. izindlela zokuya kuma-gigs nasemicimbini yonkana eLondon.
Kulo nyaka ubona inqwaba yeminyaka ebalulekile - iminyaka engama-60 selokhu kwasungulwa i-Routemaster yokuqala neyisakhiwo sodumo, iminyaka engama-75 selokhu kwethulwa owandulele ibhasi i-RT-Type kanye neminyaka eyi-100 selokhu amakhulukhulu amabhasi aseLondon athunyelwa eWestern Front ukuyodlala. indima ebalulekile phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.
Kuwo wonke lo nyaka, iTransport for London - esebenzisana neLondon Transport Museum - izosingatha inqwaba yemicimbi ebandakanyayo, imibukiso, ukuzijabulisa neminye imisebenzi ezoxhuma kabusha abantu baseLondon ngenethiwekhi yamabhasi futhi ikhumbuze umhlaba ngendima amabhasi aseLondon. , abashayeli bamabhasi nezisebenzi ezibasekelayo, badlala ekugcineni iLondon ihamba amahora angu-24 ngosuku izinsuku ezingu-364 zonyaka.
