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Photo Spread: I’ve Got Serious NAMM Envy

19. January 2007

OK, just a quick note to all of my gearhead friends out there: if you aren’t fortunate enough to be at NAMM this week (don’t feel too bad––neither am I!) you can always live vicariously through the lucky folks over at Modern Guitars Magazine who’ve posted a great spread of guitar photos right from the [...]

Holy Crud! Fender Introduces Digital Stratocaster!

18. January 2007

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Acoustic tones from a Stratocaster. Alternate tunings at the turn of a knob. The growl of a humbucker or ‘twang’ of a Tele right at your fingertips… These are a few of the promises of Fender’s new VG Stratocaster––apparently the twisted love-child of a partnership between music behemoths Fender & Roland. According to their new [...]

Fender Busts Out With Two New Stratocasters

11. January 2007

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As I wrote a few days back, Fender has apparently released a whole new model line for 2007––the Vintage Hot Rod Series––including the previously mentioned Vintage Hot Rod ’52 Tele, and the two new Strats shown here: the Vintage Hot Rod ’62 Stratocaster & the Vintage Hot Rod ’57 Stratocaster. As far as I can [...]

Fender Introduces The Vintage Hot Rod ’52 Telecaster

8. January 2007

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Well, I have yet to see any kind of official press release, but Fender have apparently released three new guitars for 2007, including the one pictured here––Fender’e new Vintage Hot Rod ’52 Telecaster. There isn’t a lot of information available, but the guitar appears to be a seriously upgraded remake of the ’52 Tele, with [...]

Fender Debuts New Custom Shop Website

14. December 2006

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Cool… I noticed this morning that Fender has launched a new website for its famous Custom Shop––including a sleek new design, a guitar gallery, and of course full descriptions and specs for their complete line of Custom Shop instruments. Also included are a Fender Custom Shop Store (strictly merchandise,) a list of soon-to-be-retired guitars (really [...]

See The Amazing Splat-o-caster… Eighth Wonder Of The World!

17. November 2006

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It’s A Lava Lamp, It’s A Box Of Crayons, It’s… Well, it’s Friday again folks (thank gawd!) and I thought I’d get silly and point you towards this insane little bit of luthier workmanship from Fender’s Custom Shop––nicknamed the “Splato” Stratocaster, or Splat-o-caster for short. The guitar, which was dreamt up by one Jimmy Stout, [...]

Your Chance To Win An Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster

9. November 2006

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In what I can only assume to be part of the massive promo effort leading up to Black Friday––Nov. 24th, the day Fender’s new “Blackie” Stratocaster replica hits stores––Fender is now giving away another guitar with Clapton’s name written all over it: the Artist Series Eric Clapton Stratocaster. Among other things the Eric Clapton Signature, [...]

You Heard It Here: Andy Summers Telecaster In The Works

23. October 2006

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Well, there’s yet to be an official announcement from Fender, but according to an interview with ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland (currently posted over on Fender’s website,) an Andy Summers model Telecaster is apparently in development. It’s of course far too early to say what the specs will be, but the instrument will reportedly be based [...]

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