Nobody disputes the fact that the Jazzmaster was designed for jazz guitarists, so it’s hard to understand why Leo Fender imagined all those ‘one tone for everything’ archtop huggers would be drawn to ...

“The CBS era [from 1965] was a hugely experimental time for Fender because they had the financial resources to try a lot of different things. They’d already hired Roger Rossmeisl [in 1962] and Phil ...

So you want to play like rock god Jimi Hendrix? Fender combines guitar history and present-day playability in a Hendrix Stratocaster that's both a contemporary instrument and a child of the '60s.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As my column for Thursday suggests, the Fender electric guitar deserves ...

Leo Fender’s legacy revolutionizing modern music has been well chronicled at the Fullerton Museum Center. Starting out as a tinkerer in his radio repair shop, Fender went on to create and mass produce ...

The Telecaster was inspired by the advent of television, which was the center of the media universe when the guitar was launched in 1951. Fender then added the Precision Bass that same year, and by ...

Leo Fender, maker of Fender guitars, famously never learned how to play a guitar. He also couldn't dance. And after a freak accident with an amplifier, he lost most of his hearing. But the man known ...

Here we are with another guitar review. I usually open these reviews with this when I post guitar reviews because I know our focus is consumer technology. While I love technology, particularly TVs, ...

Fender has dug deep into its storied history to recreate 12 of its most famous guitars and basses of the 50s, 60s and 70s with a new American Vintage II production lineup. We've spent the last month ...