Leo Fender was quite pleased with the success of Fender’s Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars during the Fifties. However, he wasn’t thrilled that his inventions were embraced more fervently ...

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The Fender Player II Series is a popular line of guitars and basses from the iconic instrument maker. Now, the company has announced an addition to the Series, the Player II Modified Series. Featuring ...

Fender is not only one of the most iconic names in the guitar business, but one of the most iconic names in the music industry as a whole. The mere shape of a Stratocaster or a Telecaster has become ...

After nearly a year since opening its first flagship store in Tokyo, guitar maker Fender has been making itself at home in Japan while serving up delicious ham sandwiches. It’s perhaps in honor of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. In 1954, Leo Fender revolutionized the electric guitar and music forever with the ...

Should we consider it ironic when the mighty Fender finds inspiration in C-list catalog guitars of the 1960s? Whatever the answer, Fender’s creative reimagining of its classic designs has been firing ...

NAMM 2023: Fender's Cunife Wide Range humbuckers had a big comeback with Fender's American Vintage II range – and in our AV II Tele Deluxe review we were frankly dazzled by them. So imagine our ...