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Mmmm, Humbuckers… Fender Announces ‘Blacktop’ Line Of Guitars
Well if you’re in the market for a Fender with humbuckers this post should seriously make your day… the company –– best known for a long and illustrious line of iconic single-coil loaded instruments –– has announced the release of an entire series of new instruments armed with humbuckers, including all of their biggest sellers: [...]
Continue reading...Fender’s John Mayer Black1 Strat Finally Available For Pre-Order
10. September 2010
Well, it’s been a long time coming folks (rumors have been circulating for at least the last two years,) but it looks like Fender has finally put the finishing touches on its new John Mayer ‘Black1′ Stratocaster, and the guitar is available on a pre-order basis at various online guitar retailers (not to mention some [...]
Continue reading...Comfy Old Vintage ’69 Fender Telecaster With Bigsby B5
11. August 2010
Here’s another of my favorites from the Bay Area World Guitar Show –– it’s a vintage ’69 Telecaster (ash body/ blonde finish/3-ply white pickguard) with an original Fender-branded Bigsby B5 unit… a good looking guitar, and really not a bad price for its era. They were asking $4500, and probably could have gotten closer to [...]
Continue reading...Fender Producing LTD Custom Shop Broadcaster Replica
9. August 2010
While we’re on the subject… it looks like Fender is currently reproducing its incredibly rare Broadcaster in a high-end Custom Shop ‘Relic’ model –– apparently the first time the guitar has been reproduced bearing its original logo. With just 200-some of the original Broadcasters built before Fender received its famous request from Gretsch to cease [...]
Continue reading...Smithsonian Channel Presents– Electrified: The Guitar Revolution
5. August 2010
Well, August is Inside the Music month over at the Smithsonian Channel, and as part of the music-related festivities the good folks at Smithsonian will be offering up something for all of you guitar lovers. Electrified: The Guitar Revolution is a documentary covering the history of what we all know to be music’s greatest invention [...]
Continue reading...More Eye Candy… Gorgeous Vintage ’66 Fender Jaguar
4. August 2010
Honestly, I can’t believe this beautiful Jaguar was selling for just $2500, and for me it was incredibly hard to walk away from… unfortunately, I felt that way far too many times over the weekend –– so many guitars, so little cash! Someday I know I will kick myself for not picking this one up.
Continue reading...Guitar Porn: A Fender Broadcaster To Die For… Just $78,500
2. August 2010
Well, we’re fresh back from the Bay Area World Guitar Show in beautiful Marin, California, and I’ve got lots of great photos to share with you… first up is this beautiful old Broadcaster, which I found sitting unassumingly in its original case, the whole thing rather buried at the back of the Exhibit Hall. Read [...]
Continue reading...Fender’s Limited Edition ‘Snake Head’ Telecaster Now In Stores
28. July 2010
After writing about it a few weeks back I’ve received a number of inquiries about Fender’s unique new Snake Head Telecaster, so I thought I’d point out that this Limited Edition Tele appears to finally be showing up in stores. The guitar, which is part of Fender’s “Telebration” celebrating 60 years since the introduction of [...]
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16. September 2010
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