How a gift of thanks from one Yardbird alumnus to another turned a guitar into a bona-fide icon ...

The Pacifica has become almost ubiquitous since it officially joined the Yamaha catalogue in 1991. Like the Stratocaster, it ...

From writing viral singles like “Seventeen Going Under” to winning Brit Awards for his music, English rocker Sam Fender has been blowing up the charts. You might have noticed his last name matches a ...

By Nathan Gomes, Nandan Mandayam and Stephen Nellis July 14 (Reuters) - Fender, the U.S. maker of the iconic Stratocaster ...

No matter how good the tone of modern materials such as Flaxwood and Arium are claimed to be, some players will simply not entertain owning a guitar unless it's made from vintage wood. Fender has soft ...

There have been numerous news stories about the impending death of U.S. guitar business. Not without some reason. The instrument long ago lost its central role in pop music. Iconic brand Gibson is in ...

Fender does some of the most iconic guitars and amps in the world, but the California-based company has never been big in ...

In 1946, Leo Fender, founder of Fender’s Radio Service, renamed his company Fender Electric Instrument Company—better known as Fender—and it became an iconic music company that manufactures some of ...

Many guitarists know the Squier name because it was on the headstock of their first instrument. Like a lot of guitar companies, Squier's history is deep; it dates back to the late 1800s, when Victor ...

The company that makes the guitars that have graced some of the biggest stars of rock and pop -- including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton -- has filed for a public stock offering worth ...