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For the last few years, Fender Custom Shop’s Principal Master Builder Yuriy Shishkov has impressed us with stunning guitar creations like the Kodak-inspired Studioliner, the Fabergé-tastic Coronation Strat, and most recently a gorgeous turntable based … Continue reading Fender launches beautiful Telecaster inspired by 300-year-old Stradivarius
Fender has partnered with Mobile Fidelity Electronics (MoFi) for a limited run belt-drive turntable that rocks a design inspired by the Fender Precision Bass and high-end components based on MoFi’s award-winning UltraDeck record spinner.Continue Readin… Continue reading Fender lets the music spin on with special edition turntable
Last month, Fender launched its third Acoustasonic hybrid acoustic, and we got to play with the Jazzmaster and interview the company’s R&D chief. Now Master Builder Ron Thorn has given the Custom Shop treatment to the guitar, and it’s a beaut.Continue … Continue reading Fender Master Builder creates stunning one-off Acoustasonic Jazzmaster
Pearl Jam founding member Mike McCready has played a number of guitar models over the years, but he’s perhaps most associated with Fender Stratocasters. And of those, his vintage ’59 model is his most prized. So it was this instrument that was chosen f… Continue reading Custom Shop recreates Mike McCready’s extremely road-worn vintage Strat
Brian Swerdfeger either has one of the greatest jobs in the world, or one of the toughest; as VP of R&D at Fender Guitars, he spends his days crafting tools of musical inspiration, with the formidable machinery of the world’s biggest-selling guitar com… Continue reading Fender’s R&D chief: The Acoustasonic “is the transitional guitar”
As a beginning electric guitarist, I’m well aware that the best gift I can give my family is often the gift of silence. The sense of general relief around the house has been palpable since Fender’s Mustang Micro headphone amp arrived, and while I consi… Continue reading Fender Mustang Micro Review: 12 guitar amps in your pocket
The Acoustasonic series started out as Fender’s moon shot at re-inventing the acoustic guitar for the modern age, but its ambitions quickly expanded to become much broader. Equipped with three different types of pickup and a built-in digital signal pro… Continue reading Acoustasonic Jazzmaster review: Fender walks the digital tightrope
With the release of the “Spark-O-Matic” Jazzmaster, Fender has completed its Parallel Universe II instrument line up, an eight model range of limited edition electric guitars that combine elements of different Fender icons to create some interesting od… Continue reading Spark-O-Matic Jazzmaster completes Fender’s trip into a Parallel Universe
Fender is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and is marking the occasion with special editions of its most popular models – the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTags: Fender, Fen… Continue reading Fender celebrates its 75th year with special edition guitars and basses
This extraordinary hundred-buck headphone amp plugs straight into your electric guitar, giving you access to a dozen beautifully-made amp emulators and a swag of quality effects in about the most portable package we can imagine.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Fender Mustang Micro hangs 12 amps and 13 effects pedals off your guitar