The Slipknot guitarist was originally pushed towards Charvel, but he had his sights set on reinventing a Fender classic ...

When it comes to fanfares, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. I’m in Tokyo for Fender Experience 2025, a three-day ...

The limited edition launch builds on the success of the 2012 release – but with an expanded tonal palette, upgraded specs and ...

Exploring the origins of the humble electric guitar, namely the 1932 Rickenbacker Frying Pan lap guitar which was the first ...

Willie Nelson is a card shark, and Billy Strings learned that firsthand. The one cool thing about the country music genre is that the legends are often more than willing to help out the up-and-comers.

How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...

In the Fender guitar factory in Corona, California, beneath the gaze of the game-changing riff-masters (Jimi Hendrix, Phil Lynott, Jeff Beck) whose action-shot portraiture hangs high on the walls, the ...

People bring music from all over.” Folkies began in 2008 as a collaboration between Chetrit, a luthier and former employee of ...

The American Professional Classic series from Fender combines modern tones and iconic designs — with a bit of hardcore edge. By Rudie Obias All products and services featured are independently chosen ...

Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...

G&L Music Instruments, the Fullerton guitar-making shop launched by the legendary Leo Fender, has gone silent after 45 years.

He built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, Trent Reznor and many ...