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 ...

This is a 1954 Fender Stratocaster and it’s the earliest Strat build that I’ve ever seen. It’s a very special guitar. It does not have a serial number on the vibrato cover [as standard on early 1954 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. In 1954, Leo Fender revolutionized the electric guitar and music forever with the ...

Is the Fender Stratocaster the defining electric guitar design? It's a timeless and iconic design, even in the wider world of engineering. So it's very little surprised that since its birth in 1954, ...

This week, H.E.R. launched a new signature Stratocaster with Fender which she debuted during her recent Emmys performance. However, the latest collaboration is about more than just the signature ...

But despite eventually becoming cool and fashionable among rock music’s elite, both brands had slightly nerdy origins. Orville Gibson, who founded the Gibson Guitar company was a self-taught luthier ...

Nile Rodgers still remembers the night in 1973 when his life changed forever because of a guitar. He was touring as part of a group called New York City with his future Chic bandmate, bass player ...