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A Custom-Finished Fender Worth Five Figure$
March 18, 2020
Ash, rosewood, and factory-original black paint bedeck this beautiful 1964 Strat.
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Rock the 5-Tone Tele
January 31, 2020
Here’s how you can squeeze five different sounds from Fender’s iconic 6-string.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Ceres
January 27, 2020
This T-style was carved out of leftover mahogany used to replace a historical statue atop the Vermont State House.
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Identifying a Rare 4-Pickup Baritone
January 26, 2020
The Demian VN-4 shares DNA with Teisco, Guyatone, and Kawai relatives.
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Eastman SB-55 & Romeo SC Demos | NAMM 2020
January 18, 2020
A single-coil solidbody rock machine in single-cut and double-cut versions debuts, and a semi-hollow from last year gets an update via a new single-coil-plus-humbucker pickup configuration.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Peavey Predator
December 26, 2019
In pursuit of maximalist tone, a guitarist bestows his favorite S-shaped guitar body with three versatile pickups, ’50s wiring, and two toggles to help him do it all.
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First Look: Fender American Ultra Jazzmaster
December 16, 2019
Fender reimagines its original offset 6-string with a compound fretboard radius, noiseless pickups, and super-versatile switching options.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Yamaha Pacifica
December 5, 2019
This model’s swimming-pool routing makes it a great candidate for modding.
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Fender Vintera ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s Custom Telecasters Review
November 25, 2019
Explore the surprisingly profound differences between these foundational fixtures of Fender’s sprawling new Vintera Series.
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First Look: Fender Vintera ’50s, ’60s & ’70s Telecasters
October 14, 2019
Explore the subtle to significant differences among the company’s three new vintage-spec, mid-priced solidbodies.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Koyukicaster
September 6, 2019
An anime fan from Israel wanted the guitar played by his favorite character, so he enlisted a U.K. luthier to make it for him.
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Fender Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster Review
September 3, 2019
Pagey’s Yardbirds- and Led Zeppelin-era axe is a fountain of endless inspiration.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: B-Bender Gleasoncaster
August 8, 2019
Limited funds and a desire to cop Clarence White’s mojo propelled this guitarist to build a B-bender guitar from scratch.
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Vintage Vault: 1961 Fender Stratocaster
June 25, 2019
It was the Jazzmaster’s year in sales, but the Strat stood strong.
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Kay Barney Kessel Artist K6700V Review
June 25, 2019
Kessel’s signature Kay returns as a fun, fast-playing rock and jazz machine.
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Fender American Performer Mustang Review
June 3, 2019
The little brother in the Fender solidbody line impresses with chiming tones and silky smooth playability.
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Mod Garage: The Blender 7-Sound Stratocaster
May 31, 2019
A virtually infinite palette of Strat tones at your fingertips? You bet.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Theseus Tele
May 29, 2019
After a lefty player finally experienced a Tele for the first time, he turned it into his dream tone machine.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: Gold-on-White Strat
May 13, 2019
After seeing Franz Lyons’ luxurious bass in a Turnstile video, this guitarist wanted to create a suave-looking Strat.
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