Why Fender is building its $599 Standard Series in Indonesia – and how its ideological shift delivers better value for players
Fender’s EVP of Product Justin Norvell explains what convinced Fender to change its mindset on where its guitars are built – ...
Guitar World on MSN17d
The highlights of the Jeff Beck guitar auction – from Seymour Duncan’s Tele-Gib hybrid to his Oxblood Gibson Les Paul
Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the guitar hero’s entire career – from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp ...
Guitar World on MSN15d
Fender Custom Shop ditches dry January with a cocktail-inspired guitar collection – and it’s a uniquely potent mix
With keenly spec'd Sub-Sonic Teles, Strats, Esquires and Strat Thinlines, the Cocktail Collection blends the artistry of fine guitar-making with the vibrant aesthetics and spirit of classic cocktails ...
Robb Report24d
The Electric Guitar Played During Bob Dylan’s 1965 Newport Folk Festival Set Could Be Yours
The back of the guitar ... Telecaster—which sports a blonde lacquer finish, ash body, and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard—is considered to be in very good condition. And while the Fender ...
The Independent on MSN16d
Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8.7m
Auction house Christie’s said it was “played hard and suffered badly during Beck’s co-headlining tour with Carlos Santana”, which led to the neck ... Stratocaster known as Anoushka, a 1954 Gibson Les ...
London Evening Standard26d
Guitars that bear ‘scars’ of Jeff Beck’s playing exhibited for auction
There is also a Tele-Gib custom guitar put together by pickup designer Seymour Duncan for Beck in 1973, which combines a Fender Telecaster body and neck with a pair of Gibson PAF humbucking ...
Kent Online16d
Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8.7m
Left to right, a Fender Stratocaster known as Anoushka, a 1954 Gibson Les Paul know as the Oxblood and a 1956 Fender Telecaster known as the Tele-Gib (James Manning/PA) The final four lots ...
The Bakersfield Californian4d
The Bakersfield Sound
In 1950, after building a succession of prototypes, Clarence "Leo" Fender, a Los Angeles-area guitar maker, unveiled what he called the Fender Telecaster ... one-piece maple neck that lacked ...
Music Connection10d
Elle Belle Can't Do Without Their Customized Strat
Christopher Pappas from Los Angeles-based indie rock band Elle Belle told us about his love for his customized Sunburst American Fender Strat. Christopher Pappas: I have this guitar that started as a ...
MusicRadar25d
Best electric guitars 2025: Our pick of guitars to suit all budgets
To be totally honest, it’s nigh on impossible to select the best electric guitar. Guitars come in such a variety of styles and configurations that finding a single instrument in such a crowded ...
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“Forget the name on the headstock, at this price this Les Paul is a steal”: Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard review
With its unique finish and rare-bird soapbar single coils this 1955-style Les Paul is a whole lotta vintage-style guitar for £1.8k less than the ... The quoted ‘Custom '59 Rounded C’ neck profile ...