Would Leo Fender have owned an iPad? I think yes, if only to be able to sample his creations in digital form via IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender for iPad.

Just like the stellar standalone / plugin versions, the AmpliTube Fender app features impressively faithful recreations of the most famous amps in the Fender family, including the Bassman, the Twin Reverb, and the high-gain Supersonic. There's also a bunch of Fender-branded stomps and an integrated multitrack recorder. We stopped by the IK booth at Winter NAMM 2011 to see the app in action.