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 ...
Fender's legendary Jazzmaster is hitting a milestone birthday and to celebrate the historical moment they're releasing three limited edition 2018 models. Bursting into the pop culture lexicon back in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fender's legendary offset electric guitar models have attracted some maverick players since their inceptions in 1958 (Jazzmaster) and 1962 (Jaguar). After shaky starts they became Fender's true ...
Fender has announced the new American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster. The hybrid electric-acoustic guitar is the latest in Fender’s Acoustasonic series, and it’s already attracted the attention of Fleetwood ...
Styled similarly to the older Jazzmaster model, the favored underdog of artists like Kurt Cobain, Tom Verlaine, J Mascis and John Frusciante has now reached its 60th birthday and Fender is celebrating ...