For many guitarists, it seems the main appeal of playing the iconic instrument is that it means they can buy lots of different axes and claim each one sounds different. If that rings a bell, Fender’s ...

Fender and Gibson, the world’s two big guitar makers, are engaged in a fascinating little war – not so much with each other as with the terrifying threat of becoming un-hip. Having clearly learned ...

Fender has welcomed 21st-century blues guitar phenom Christone “Kingfish” Ingram down to its Corona, California factory for a refresh of his signature Telecaster Deluxe, giving it a new paint job they ...

Tim Shaw and Brian Swerdfeger detail the research and development that went into the hybrid acoustic/electric guitar When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

When Leo Fender was inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the citation correctly noted that “Rock’n’roll as we know it could not exist” without the inventor of the first mass-produced ...