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Fender’s first-ever official 7-string Stratocaster has become a reality
By Matt Owen published
Chris Garza of Suicide Silence has just received the first-ever hardtail seven-string Fender Strat – it’s taken almost seven years to make, and he has big plans for the design
Fender’s new Buck Owens signature guitars honor the late country great and revive some of his oldest custom guitar designs
By Matt Owen published
The Bakersfield Sound pioneer and influential country icon was known for playing his custom red, white and blue guitars – and now they're officially back
Why Fender chose the Meteora over the Jazzmaster for its American Ultra II series
By Matt Parker published
The Jazzmaster was notable in its absence from the new Ultra line-up, now, Fender’s Allen Abbassi explains why it chose to include the Meteora in its place
Fender’s new American Ultra II guitars offer its most advanced take on classic shapes
By Matt Owen published
Upgraded pickups, a new neck profile, and a suite of high-end specs make up the all-new American Ultra II family, representing Fender's most cutting-edge guitar designs
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in sessions for Texas Flood and David Bowie is up for sale
By Matt Owen published
The 1967 Twin is fitted with distinctive Electro Voice SRO 'coffee can' speakers, and was used by SRV during his Las Colinas rehearsals with David Bowie
Fender Mustang Micro vs Mustang Micro Plus: is it worth upgrading?
By Matt McCracken published
We put Fender’s two headphone amps for guitar in a room together to duke it out
Fender Japan gives the Cabronita Telecaster a radical mini-humbucker revamp with new high-end pickups
By Matt Owen published
The Big F has given the quirky Tele a tonal overhaul by swapping the hi-fo Fidelitrons for DiMarzio pickups
Joe Bonamassa fits a budget Squier Tele with his new Seymour Duncan 1950 Broadcaster pickups – and tests it against the vintage Fender original
By Janelle Borg published
The new signature pickups are modeled after Joe Bonamassa's Broadcaster – the very rare Tele predecessor, of which only 250 were made
Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear
By Chris Gill published
The ’70s gets a bad rep from some guitarists but it's too easy to say this was a bad time for Gibson and Fender and that's the story. There were some real treasures and technological breakthroughs
Fender’s Player II range has been expanded with new tonewoods and forgotten finishes unearthed from the archives
By Matt Owen published
Fender relaunched its Player II range earlier this year with the return of rosewood fretboards and new colorways – and now there are some fresh tonewoods on tap
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