This guitar probably left the factory around 1975, but it was put together earlier on by Philip Kubicki in Fender’s R&D department. It was likely made around 1971, and finally completed around ’75 as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Telecaster design evolved from Leo Fender's prototype to being sold in just a couple of years, and 70 years on it's still making history in the hands of players all over the world. And still ...

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 ...

Fender has launched the American Vintage II Series, bestowing period-correct appointments upon some of its most iconic electric guitars and basses, and offering today’s player a taste of vintage ...

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