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Buyer's Guides

The best guitar amplifiers to buy in 2022: 11 best pedal platform amps

24th June 2022

Looking for a good partner-in-crime for your pedalboard?

Gear

Enter the Stratoverse: Fender launches its first metaverse experience with Meta

21st June 2022

Fender has taken its first leap into metaverse experiences with the Stratoverse, a virtual experience crafted in partnership with Meta for Horizon Worlds. READ...

Artist Rigs

My Guitar Story: Scott Holiday’s “new number one” Gretsch Penguin

20th June 2022

The Grammy-nominated guitarist reveals how the Stephen Stern-built guitar has become the main instrument in his arsenal of strikingly cool guitars.

Electric Guitars

Fender JV Modified ’50s Stratocaster HSS review: A potent mix of old and new Strat specs

17th June 2022

This Japanese-made, 50s-inspired Strat is based on an 80s Squier, but can it hold its own against ‘proper’ Fenders?

Gear

Fender expands its American Acoustasonic range with two new all-mahogany models

15th June 2022

The two latest launches will come featured on the Telecaster and Jazzmaster models.

Gear

Fender introduces the Mustang LT40S desktop amp and a special Pro Junior IV

15th June 2022

The new amps represent Fender tones both modern and classic.

Features

A brief history of Fender guitars

13th June 2022

Leo Fender’s crowning achievements have been with us for over seven decades – here’s the story of how they came to dominate the guitar world.

Electric Guitars

The Big Review: Fender JV Modified ’60s Custom Telecaster – looks like an old-school Tele, sounds like much more than that

9th June 2022

This Japanese-built Telecaster marries the old and new, but is that enough to make it a modern classic?

Gear

NAMM 2022: New guitars, pedals, amps and more

5th June 2022

The world’s premier guitar and music technology trade show returns to Anaheim for a massive 2022 edition.

Features

7 artists who deserve their own signature Fender Stratocaster

31st May 2022

These Strat-slingers have created amazing music using Leo Fender’s most famous solidbody, yet they still haven’t been honoured with their own signature model by the big F.