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Fender moves into retail with opening of flagship store in Tokyo

Fender Flagship Tokyo is the US brand’s first-ever retail store, carrying a full range of instruments and a brand-new fashion line, and it is home to a coffee shop and events space too

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Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene almost featured a Fender Stratocaster instead of the Gibson ES-345

Norman’s Rare Guitars supplied the (famously inaccurate) 1958 ES-345 guitar – and Norm says he pointed out the historical error at the time

Guitar World

“There were just ideas pouring out of him… then he got on that helicopter and took off”: The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

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The story of Aria Guitars: the unsung brand that has served metal shredders and jazz virtuosos alike for over 60 years

Aria has a long, proud history, played by the likes of Cliff Burton, George Lynch, Herb Ellis and Andy Summers. Join us as we access all Arias and pay tribute to a slept-on guitar icon

Guitar World

EVH’s MIJ Signature Wolfgang applies high-end Japanese craft and Eddie Van Halen’s touring specs to one seriously cool guitar

This aspirational shred platform is kitted out with a pair of EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 humbuckers, an D-Tuna for Drop D on the fly, and is being offered in cool Ivory and Stealth finishes

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Celebrate summer with these hot deals from Sweetwater

The best gear at the lowest prices, now!

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“When I got the Strat, I was like, ‘The bitch is back!’”: Why Palehound’s El Kempner is re-embracing solos – and the Stratocaster – on one of 2023’s essential indie-rock releases

Kempner explains what makes the Fender Strat such a versatile shape, and why ‘I love to shred!’ became their mantra once more on unmissable new record Eye on the Bat

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Best travel guitars for playing and learning on the go

Hey Joe, where you going with that handily-sized travel guitar in your hands?

Evening Standard

Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser Stratocaster review

Fuzzy logic

MusicRadar

This unassuming guitar teacher’s epic America’s Got Talent audition went viral. Here’s how he landed – and nailed – the gig of a lifetime

John Wines, aka Old Grey Guitarist, has over 1m followers on TikTok and blew audiences away with his Brian May and Eddie Van Halen-channeling audition. He tells us how he put together the perfect rock-guitar showcase, and the secret to bossing the electric guitar’s greatest solos on social media

Guitar World

TC Electronic’s first guitar amp modeler pedals package classic Fender, Marshall and Vox tones with Celestion IRs – for under $150

The three new Ampworx models emulate classic ’60s tube amps – and at a price that could prove game-changing for the pedal amp market

Guitar World

US guitar maker Fender opens flagship store in Tokyo banking on regional growth

Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship store” in its 77-year history

The Independent UK

Squier’s Strat-O-Sonic apparently uses an Epiphone bridge and we don’t know what’s up or down anymore

The Fender-owned firm is reportedly using parts from its Gibson-owned rival

Guitar World

You can now buy Cory Wong’s heavily modified signature Fender Stratocaster in Surf Green and Daphne Blue

The funk guitar maestro's signature Strat wears those classic finishes well, but you'd best be quick because they are here for a limited time only

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Wait, is the new Squier Strat-O-Sonic guitar fitted with an Epiphone wrap-over bridge?

This unusual Strat truly is like a marriage of Fender and Gibson if it's true

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5 songs guitarists need to hear by... Johnny Marr

The former Smiths guitarist is a generational talent, the player Noel Gallagher calls the GOAT, but what songs should players check out to get a handle on his style?

Guitar World

“My custom 9-string bass is just as playable as any 4-string Fender!” ChaotH on the unorthodox world of the extended-range bass

Watch the Vvon Dogma I bassist put his fretboard fitness to the test on this custom-made 9-string bass guitar

Guitar World

The 12-string guitar that defined the ‘60s: in praise of the Rickenbacker Capri

A favourite of The Beatles and The Byrds, these era-defining electrics still resonate

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Tommy Cogbill’s 1966 Fender P-Bass, reportedly used to record with Elvis, is going up for auction with an estimate of $100,000

The sunburst Fender Precision – which was photographed with Elvis at American Sound Studio – also helped shape hits for the likes of Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin

Guitar World

My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields hid new music in a flash drive inside his signature Fender Blender pedal

With the flash drive comes instructions for listeners to “please play at 80db and above on speakers“

Guitar World

In praise of the Fender Duo-Sonic, the electric guitar for students that the pros grew to love

Compact, fun, playable and affordable – and loved by Jimi Hendrix – the Duo-Sonic remains Fender's slept-on classic

Guitar World

Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser Stratocaster review

Debuting a new Chaos Burst finish and an onboard fuzz circuit, this really is a people-pleasing Strat...

Guitar World

Steve Howe once took a chisel to a 1955 Fender Telecaster to make it more Gibson

“I can’t say I'm entirely without guilt,” the Yes man once commented. Yet the heavily modified Tele found a home on Relayer and appears on new album Mirror to the Sky

MusicRadar

Fender unearths a shoegaze fuzz holy grail for My Bloody Valentine fans with the Kevin Shields Blender

The Kevin Shields Blender has two channels, an octave-up fuzz and sag controls, is limited to 700 units worldwide, and available exclusively through Fender, Reverb and Andertons

Guitar World

Fender and Kevin Shields make history with the firm’s first ever signature fuzz pedal – and it‘s a retro joy

It might cost $499, but the limited-edition Shields Blender – designed with the My Bloody Valentine tonal pioneer – is a two-channel vintage-style monster in every sense of the word

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