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Vintage Bench Test: 1966 Fender Jazzmaster
A close encounter with an original Ocean Turquoise Fender offset is a rare event indeed, and this ’66 Jazzmaster even has case candy. We take a deep dive…
Vintage Bench Test: 1957 Fender Stratocaster ‘Mary Kaye’
Forget your ’54s and custom colours, the most collectable Stratocaster of them all is the blonde and gold ‘Mary Kaye’.
Vintage Bench Test: 1950 Fender Broadcaster – Broadcast Quality
The roots may be showing on this old blonde, but it sure can sing. Huw Price surfs the airwaves with one of Fender’s first guitars: a 1950 Broadcaster…
Vintage Bench Test: 1963 Fender Stratocaster
You might think that the idea of unearthing an all-original golden-era Fender that’s been kept under a bed or in a closet for decades is pure fantasy. But they are still out there, as Huw Price’s encounter with this 1963 Stratocaster proves…
Vintage Bench Test: 1970 Fender Stratocaster – Blonde Ambition
With one foot in 1969 and the other in 1970, this Fender Stratocaster is proof that the company was still making great guitars after the CBS takeover.
Vintage Time Machines: ’65 Fender Jaguar
Fender’s short-scale offset was marketed to set surf guitarist’s pulses racing, but it ended up being a vehicle for much more noisy pursuits…
Vintage Bench Test: 1965 Fender Telecaster
With all of its original hardware in place and a sympathetic refinish by Clive Brown, Neil Ivison’s vintage Tele is a player’s grade gem.
Vintage Bench Test: 1964 Fender Stratocaster
If a played to death pre-CBS Strat is your fantasy guitar, this example from 1964 may be much as you have imagined it.
Vintage Bench Test: 1966 Fender Jaguar
Leo Fender’s second offset offering took surf music, and later the alt-rock world, by storm. Huw Price spends some time taming an exotic jungle cat.
Vintage Bench Test: ’59 Fender Jazzmaster
Leo Fender’s attempt to corner the jazz market with the Jazzmaster found the company some unexpected fans. Huw Price examines a glorious 1959 example…