Like about 99% of the population, I’m a failed wannabe rock star. Buying my first Yamaha acoustic guitar when I was 14, I took lessons, seldom practiced, but somehow expected to blossom into the next ...

Last month, Fender launched its third Acoustasonic hybrid acoustic, and we got to play with the Jazzmaster and interview the company's R&D chief. Now Master Builder Ron Thorn has given the Custom Shop ...

Few guitars carry more historical weight than the Fender Telecaster. With its compact body and brash, incisive twang, the Telecaster—first introduced by Fender in the 1950s—played a pivotal role in ...

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Fender today launched a radical new version of the world’s most popular guitar in the form of an acoustic-electric beast called the “Acoustasonic Stratocaster.” The Acoustasonic series is Fender’s ...

The Acoustasonic series started out as Fender's moon shot at re-inventing the acoustic guitar for the modern age, but its ambitions quickly expanded to become much broader. Equipped with three ...

For many guitarists, it seems the main appeal of playing the iconic instrument is that it means they can buy lots of different axes and claim each one sounds different. If that rings a bell, Fender’s ...