The company was experiencing a dip in popularity, since everyone from The Stones’ Keith Richards to Wishbone Ash, Aerosmith, Mick Ronson with Bowie, Phil Manzanera with Roxy Music, Adrian Fisher with ...

This guitar probably left the factory around 1975, but it was put together earlier on by Philip Kubicki in Fender’s R&D department. It was likely made around 1971, and finally completed around ’75 as ...

Charting the iconic solidbody's ascension to king of Nashville guitars When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Quiffed, middle-aged and a ...

Customarily Colourful As Fender began to grow into the early ’50s, and with the addition of the Tele, P-Bass and Strat expanding beyond the firm’s original steels and small amps, the emphasis remained ...