There have been numerous news stories about the impending death of U.S. guitar business. Not without some reason. The instrument long ago lost its central role in pop music. Iconic brand Gibson is in ...
During a lunch break on a recent weekday, dentist Mark Harris gleefully hops onto a makeshift stage in his rehearsal space and plugs in his treasured American Deluxe Stratocaster. “With a maple fret ...
With 16 million new players in the last two years in America alone, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) continues to grow its portfolio of products to serve the influx of beginners, ...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announced a new line of hybrid acoustic-electric guitars being made in California. Dubbed the American Acoustasonic Series Telecaster, ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paige Davidson / Well Strung Guitars “Introduced in 1961, the Fender VI is often referred ...
So you want to play like rock god Jimi Hendrix? Fender combines guitar history and present-day playability in a Hendrix Stratocaster that's both a contemporary instrument and a child of the '60s.
Fender’s curvy Stratocasters, Telecasters and Jazz Basses have been must-have features of guitar shop walls for decades. Music retailers, including mom-and-pop shops and big national chains such as ...
Today, Fender Guitars will kick off the search for its first-ever Guitar Correspondent: an opportunity for a guitarist to go ...
Deep inside a cavernous factory in Corona, some legendary rock names gather nonchalantly along a wall. There’s Eric Clapton next to Jeff Beck, with Mark Knopfler only inches away — not the actual ...
MusicStreet: Your Premier Destination for Guitars in the UK Huntingdon, United Kingdom - March 1, 2026 / MusicStreet / ...
Nearly 70 years later, workers still making the famous instruments by hand. — -- From Bruce Springsteen and The Police to Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, the Fender guitar has graced many a ...