Fender - News and Rumours
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Fender Rarities Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster: Has Fender finally gone too far?
14 Aug · The latest Fender Rarities Series release is the Quilt Maple Top Stratocaster. And it's, well, got quite a unique aesthetic. Put it this way: If you like gold and quilt maple, you'll love this one...
Fender American Professional Rosewood Neck Limited Editions
13 Aug · Fender dealers are now starting to receive a new limited run of models with solid rosewood necks. Available in classic '50s & '60s colours these new guitars won't hang around long
EMG leaks new Fender Jim Root signature Jazzmaster
02 Aug · EMG has teased a new Fender Jim Root signature Jazzmaster model on their Instagram page, which will come loaded with a new set of his signature pickups.
Fender Custom Shop Mid-Year Collection with models for Phil Lynott and Stevie Ray Vaughan
23 Jul · Fender Custom Shop has revealed all their mid year releases including two new signature models. One for Steve Ray Vaughan and the other for Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy
Summer NAMM 2019: Fender Tone Master digital Deluxe Reverb and Twin Reverb
19 Jul · Fender has announced new a Tone Master amp series with digital Deluxe Reverb and Twin Reverb guitar amps. Will these new lightweight combos, stack up tonally though?
Summer NAMM 2019: Fender pedal range expanded with 6 new models
18 Jul · Fender has expended their pedal range with six new models. Including their first pedal for acoustic guitar, an ambient delay/reverb, a new valve overdrive pedal and more!
Summer NAMM 2019: Fender launches Britt Daniel and Lincoln Brewster signature models
18 Jul · Spoon guitarist Britt Daniel and Lincoln Brewster get new Signature model Fenders. Plus the Fender Signature model series gets some updated colours for this year as well
Fender Rarities Series: A new Chambered Flame Top Telecaster with neck humbucker
09 Jul · Part of the monthly Fender Rarities Series, the new Chambered Flame Top Telecaster has just been released, including Tim Shaw pickups and a chambered body for a wider tonal range.
Fender Vintera Series officially launches with new Strat, Tele, Jaguar, basses and more
25 Jun · New Mexican Fender Vintera Series replaces the old Classic Player Series and brings new colour options, Modified versions and Tim Shaw pickups
David Gilmour’s Black Strat sells for $3,975,000, a World Record!
20 Jun · The David Gilmour guitar collection has smashed all kinds of records at an auction in New York today, including the most expensive electric, acoustic, Stratocaster and Les Paul guitars ever sold!
LEAK: New Fender Vintera Series appears online – UPDATE
20 Jun · Fender Vintera Series = Vintage Style for the Modern Era. Fender Germany leaked new instruments with specs of the golden era bass models . Will the Classic Series be replaced?
The David Gilmour Collection: See all 120 guitars in NY or via Christie’s Virtual Tour
17 Jun · Now is your last chance to see all 120 guitars in Dave Gilmour's collection being auctioned for charity. If you can't make it to New York then at least take Christie's Virtual Tour...
Give your Fender Stratocaster the ‘Gilmour’ mod with 7-way switching!
16 Jun · The "7-way switch" or "Gilmour mod" is the easiest and most effective modification for your Stratocaster, giving you additional tones with minimal effort. Here's how (it's way easier than you think).
Fender Rarities Flame Ash Top Stratocaster: A Plasma Red Burst tones down the bling
14 Jun · Fender's Rarities guitar of the month for June is the Flame Ash Top Stratocaster, a premium two-piece ash body Stratocaster in a mellower Plasma Red Burst finish than previous Rarities models.