How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...

The booming electric jazz guitar scene of the 1950s was dominated by Gibson’s ES (Electric Spanish) series, with its flagship Super 400CES and L-5CES electric archtops setting formidably high ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After Tele and Strat models, Fender is taking its Acoustasonic series into a brave new world of ...

Slipknot’s Jim Root has just released the newest model of his signature Fender Jazzmaster. While speaking to the guitarist from quarantine, Root told us all about his new axe and why it’s the perfect ...

Leo Fender was quite pleased with the success of Fender’s Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars during the Fifties. However, he wasn’t thrilled that his inventions were embraced more fervently ...

In 1958, Fender introduced the Jazzmaster guitar as an alternative to its Telecaster and Stratocaster models, and the axe has come in and out of fashion over the years, making its biggest waves in the ...

With the release of the "Spark-O-Matic" Jazzmaster, Fender has completed its Parallel Universe II line up, an eight model range of limited edition electric guitars that combine elements of different ...

Two pieces of rock and roll history have hit the market.A Marshall amplifier and a Fender Jazzmaster guitar, both owned by Jimi Hendrix, have hit the online site Reverb.com.The guitar, not the type ...

Four years into Fender’s Acoustasonic project, it still seems to be a misunderstood guitar series in some quarters. It’s not a best of both worlds acoustic/electric guitar – such a proposition would ...