Ɗaya daga cikin sabbin motocin bas ɗin Routemaster na Landan an lulluɓe shi da ƙirar Fender wanda ya haɗa da hoton katuwar gitar Stratocaster da aka lullube ta. Fender ya samar da ƙayyadaddun guitars guda 25 waɗanda ke amsa ƙira na bas ɗin Routemaster - cikakke tare da fasalulluka na yau da kullun kamar filin jirgin sama na London (TfL) “Roundel” da ƙirar ƙirar kujera ta “moquette”.
A daren jiya an bayyana salon “Rock n Roll” da ake jira na Routemaster da gita mara nauyi ga taron jama'a a tsakiyar Camden - yanki mai cike da tarihin kiɗan kida.
The Fender-themed Routemaster ya buga bakuncin kirim ɗin sabuwar fasahar kiɗan ta Landan da ba a sanya hannu ba, tare da Kasusuwan Violet da aka nada kambin lashe gasar da Strummerville ya shirya - Joe Strummer sabon tushe na kiɗa.
Da yake magana a gidan kayan tarihi na sufuri na Landan, inda Fender ya sanya daren bikin don gumakan zane guda biyu, Leon Daniels, Manajan Daraktan TfL na Sufurin Surface, ya ce: "Mun yi farin cikin bikin cika shekaru 60 na gumakan ƙira biyu a cikin irin wannan. hanya ta musamman. Cibiyar sadarwar bas ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin al'adun kade-kade na London tsawon shekaru da yawa - jigilar dubban dubban masoya kiɗan zuwa gigs a wuraren da ke cikin birni kowane mako - kuma, watakila ma mafi mahimmanci, samun su gida lafiya bayan waɗancan. abubuwan ban mamaki da ba za su taɓa mantawa da su ba.”
Bus ɗin Fender da aka yi wahayi zuwa ga Routemaster yanzu zai yi amfani da hanya mai lamba 24 - 'hanyar gadon kiɗa' ta London, wacce ke ɗaukar Camden - gidan Jazz Cafe da Roundhouse, cibiyar masana'antar kayan kiɗan Burtaniya a 'tin pan alley', kuma Titin Oxford - inda shahararren kulob 100 ya nishadantar da masu sha'awar kiɗa na shekaru da yawa.
Wannan hanya mai lamba 24 kuma tana bi ta Victoria, Big Ben, Downing Street, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road, Tottenham Court Road, Camden Town, Camden Lock da kuma a ƙarshe Hampstead… duk waɗannan wuraren suna da wuraren shakatawa masu yawa.
Justin Norvell, mataimakin shugaban tallace-tallace na Fender ya ce "Akwai wata hanyar da ba za ta iya wuce gona da iri ba tsakanin Fender da kidan Birtaniyya ta Yardbirds da The Who to bands kamar The Clash, Blur da ƙari." "Tarihinmu da makomarmu suna da alaƙa da juna, kuma wannan bas ɗin Routemaster hanya ce mai ban sha'awa don girmama wannan haɗin kida da tarihi."
A matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin Shekarar Bus, TfL ya haɗu tare da Fender don sanin yadda ƙungiyoyin biyu suka taka rawar gani sosai a cikin sha'awar ƙauna ta London tare da kiɗa - samar da kayan kida waɗanda taurari marasa adadi suka rubuta kuma suka yi rawar gani. hanyoyin samun gigs da abubuwan da ke faruwa a fadin London.
A wannan shekara ana ganin adadi mai mahimmanci na tunawa - shekaru 60 tun lokacin da aka kirkiro na asali kuma mai kyan gani na Routemaster, shekaru 75 tun lokacin da aka kaddamar da bas din RT-Type wanda ya gabace shi da kuma shekaru 100 tun lokacin da aka aika daruruwan bas na London zuwa Western Front don yin wasa. muhimmiyar rawa a lokacin yakin duniya na farko.
A cikin wannan shekara, Transport don London - yin aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar London Transport Museum - zai dauki nauyin abubuwan ban sha'awa, nune-nunen, nishaɗi da sauran ayyukan da za su sake haɗa mutanen London tare da hanyar sadarwar motar su kuma tunatar da duniya irin rawar da motocin bas na London ke da shi. , Direbobin bas da ma'aikatan da ke tallafa musu, suna wasa don ci gaba da tafiyar da London sa'o'i 24 a rana 364 na shekara.
