How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...

From heavy metal shredding to country twang, no one guitar is built the same. The nuances of guitars, such as the versatile tone and the varying bodies, differentiate brands and, more importantly, ...

Fender’s CBS era is often boiled down to an equation of ‘corporate drive for profit and quantity = lowering of build ...

Ariel Posen's signature Strat is one of the coolest and most original we have seen in years and presents players with some of ...

Hey, can you start by walking me through the process of crafting a custom guitar – where it begins, where it ends, and how ...

Sam Fender was seen in tears backstage at Thursday night's Mercury Prize in Newcastle, just moments after pulling off a shock win that bookies and he himself did not see coming. And his emotional ...

Sam Fender was cheered by his local fans as he arrived on stage to collect his Mercury Prize [PA Media] Sam Fender has said the north-east of England is the "best region in the country" after ...

From the streets of South Shields to selling out arenas around the world: Sam Fender has come a long way. The Geordie artist burst onto the music scene in 2018 with his first single Dead Boys – which ...

From Seattle to Baltimore, many Americans were celebrating Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, determined to see it as a triumph of perseverance over centuries marked by trauma. Tribal nations and ...

This one-of-a-kind instrument has been handcrafted by Fender Custom Shop master builder Andy Hicks in collaboration ... mechanism that illuminates the scratch plate artwork when the Tone 2 knob ...

You wait 12 months for a new guitar effects pedal to emerge from the Warm Audio shopfloor and then two come at once. Seriously, it’s what the Texan brand does. Cast your mind back a year, almost to ...