The Mexican Standard Strat benefits from subtle refinements that make for better playing and a better sounding guitar. Best Stratocasters 2025: Top Strat picks from Fender and Squier Best electric ...

In 1954, a guitar maker called Leo Fender introduced his second electric guitar, a companion to his 1950 Telecaster (originally Broadcaster). The new Stratocaster, drawn up with the help of musician ...

Fender has given its Vintera II range of electric guitars and basses the Road Worn treatment, offering five classics from the Big F archive with aged semi-gloss nitrocellulose finishes, “era-correct” ...

From ultra-rare 1950s Broadcasters to Vernon Reid’s greatest-ever guitar find, Norman’s Rare Guitars in Tarzana, California has long since been home to some incredible vintage guitars. And yet, the ...

Fender's Strat and Tele changed the world. But which one will be your next electric guitar? We can help with that... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Fifty years ago in California, Jimi Hendrix poured lighter fluid on his Fender Stratocaster and, in a scene seared into music iconography, knelt and watched as the guitar -- from American rock 'n' ...

Here we are with another guitar review. I usually open these reviews with this explanation when I post guitar reviews because I know our focus is consumer technology. While I love technology, ...

Deep inside a cavernous factory in Corona, some legendary rock names gather nonchalantly along a wall. There’s Eric Clapton next to Jeff Beck, with Mark Knopfler only inches away — not the actual ...

The Made-in-Mexico Vintera line is only four years old, but Fender has overhauled it anyway. We've had the quirky 70s Strat for a week, and at less than half the cost of an American Vintage II, it ...

Fans of Fender’s vintage guitars, rejoice. The iconic audio maker has introduced a new guitar range, called the “American Ultra Luxe Vintage” series, that features five of the brand’s legendary ...

Alt-rock heroes Weezer have been on something of a creative tear lately. Following the release of two “return to form” records, Everything Will Be Alright In The End in 2014, and their White Album ...