The convention couldn’t sound less rock-and-roll — the National Association of Music Merchants Show. But when the doors open at the Anaheim Convention Center, people stream in to scour rows of Fenders ...

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It looks like a guitar. It plays like a guitar. But there’s something missing - the strings. If you’ve ever tried learning guitar, you know the struggle: sore fingers, endless tuning, and the ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. When Fender reached out to Khruangbin‘s Laura Lee and Mark ...

As any axe-wielder knows, you can’t talk about the history of guitars without going long on Fender. The iconic guitar brand is an absolute powerhouse of the six-string, and they have been for decades.

Rock ’n’ roll was born in the mid-1950s and its subsequent surge wouldn’t have happened without the sight and sound of players working their fretboards and setting alight a new movement. In turn, rock ...

Fifty years ago in March 2025, the Japanese company Sanrio introduced Hello Kitty to the world. Designed by Yuko Shimizu, the familiar anthropomorphised cat character has transcended cult status and ...

Earlier this month, John Mayer and Ernie Ball launched the Silver Slinky signature guitar strings, which brought the guitar hero’s previously unreleased custom gauge to the masses after years of ...

As Rory Gallagher’s famous Fender Stratocaster reaches the end of another chapter in its storied life, we get up close and personal with the iconic instrument Bought in 1963 at Crowley’s music store ...

Fender is not only one of the most iconic names in the guitar business, but one of the most iconic names in the music industry as a whole. The mere shape of a Stratocaster or a Telecaster has become ...

Fender's original Mustang Micro was an impressive little headphone amplifier for silent practice and recording – but the brand-new Plus version is a remarkable upgrade that puts a ludicrous range of ...