it's not rare for machinists etc from the early 70's and earlier to be missing fingers
I don't know about everywhere else...
but it wasn't until the early 70's in the UK that health and safety in the work place became a big deal by law..
I couldn't help wondering when watching this if we might have seen a younger Abby Ybarra, who still works in the custom shop. She has worked at Fender since 56.
Enjoyable video to watch, thanks for posting.
05:56 even with her name