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Fender upgrades its hero guitar models

With improved tech, bodies and colours these Fender guitars are looking better than ever

"A strong statement from Fender in 2024 about accessibility and quality": Fender Player II Telecaster and Stratocaster

The new standard?

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“Two stone-cold classics that provide effortless playability and iconic guitar tones at a pretty reasonable price”: Fender Player II Stratocaster & Telecaster review

Fender's best-selling Player Series guitars receive a much-awaited update, but is it revolutionary or evolutionary?

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“The Player II Series is not just an upgrade. It’s a detailed re-imagining”: Fender has overhauled its most popular range in response to requests from guitarists, with never-before-seen body options – and the return of rosewood

The Player range is Fender's best-selling collection of all time. Now, it's been refreshed with previously unreleased finishes from the archives and some highly sought-after updates

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"It was an enormous part of Rory Gallagher’s life and was with him from the very start of his career right until the end": The Irish bluesman's legendary '61 Strat is going up for auction

The first lot from Bonham's Rory Gallagher Collection is a big one indeed

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“On this guitar, he carved out his legacy of being one of the greatest guitarists of all time”: Rory Gallagher’s iconic ’61 Fender Stratocaster is heading to auction for the first time ever

As legend has it, Gallagher's Strat was the first to ever reach Irish soil, and it was used by the blues rock ace to cement himself as one of the all-time greats of guitar music

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“I’ve played some new Gibson and Fenders that really nail it”: Joe Perry says guitar making is as good now as it was in the golden era – and explains why you don’t need to spend $7000+ on a vintage Klon

The Aerosmith guitarist has a formidable stockpile of vintage gear but argues you that the new gear is just as good, and more affordable too

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“An essential member of one of the greatest American bands of all time”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to an unsung Les Paul legend

The Mayor of Nerdville gives us a lesson in the blues style of Tower of Power guitarist Bruce Conte, a player whom JoBo says is one of his favorite guitarists ever

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“The whole guitar feels very alive in your hands. There’s punch and power, with a grainy detail to the big voice”: PJD Guitars St John Apprentice review

There’s no shortage of great-quality UK-made guitars, but for under a grand, PJD’s new Apprentice model is leading the charge in terms of quality and cost

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“I would need to show you exactly how to tune your guitar. Even at home, some people have trouble. Young guitarists tell me that regularly”: Mdou Moctar has ignored all of guitar’s standards – and become one of the world’s finest players in the process

How tuning by ear, recording live, and finding power in the message made Funeral For Justice Mdou Moctar's most radical album yet – an album lit up by one of guitar's most exciting new voices

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“I sourced all the original microphones that were used on the record”: This Nirvana tone chaser has spent years learning how to nail Kurt Cobain's guitar sound – now he’s released his research in the form of The Utero Sessions IR Pack

The no-expenses-spared pack lets players harness the sound of Cobain's famed In Utero tone “without touching a single physical amp”

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“Hear the difference in sound quality”: Fender amps up its home audio game with a series of Bluetooth speakers designed in collaboration with a German speaker giant

The Rockster range – created with the help of Teufel – sees Fender continue to diversify its catalog of portable speakers

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Fender’s Road Worn guitars are becoming a rarity – but now you can make your own, with new vintage-inspired relic’d Stratocaster and Telecaster bodies

'50s-style alder bodies continue Fender's popular Road Worn lineage with some artificially aged nitro finishes

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“Full-frequency wireless audio with sparkling clarity across any stage”: Fender unveils the Telepath Wireless System – is it finally time to ditch your guitar cable?

Telepath offers 70 feet of wireless freedom with “low latency and unparalleled signal strength” and we want to give it a shot

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“A nod to our past catering to vintage aficionados”: Antigua acoustics are now a thing, as Fender expands the divisive finish option to its California Vintage range

The new release ushers in a whole new era for the eye-catching burst colorway, and sees Fender double down on its Antigua renaissance

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“A vibrant Fender-y voice, lightweight feel and original style”: Ancoats Guitars New Islington review

Proudly made in Manchester, England, Ancoats’ guitars mix up retro themes that stand out in the market. We take this third-generation New Islington for a spin

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“A quintessential mashup of Fender features”: Squier debuts a new Paranormal Telecaster/Jazzmaster hybrid – and revives Fender's mischievous Les Paul-inspired 'Troublemaker' in a new affordable form

Fender once again throws the rule book out the window for two new limited edition Paranormal models – and the results are quite something

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“Legendary design and quintessential tone for today’s aspiring guitar hero”: Squier expands beginner-friendly Affinity Series with lightweight, slimmed-down guitars and basses at affordable prices

This Squier drop has everything a beginner could need, with short-scale Strat and Jaguar options, a Starcaster Deluxe, active Jazz Basses and flame maple Teles for bling on a budget

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“Pure Bassman tone that’s virtually indistinguishable from the original”: Fender expands the Tone Master range with its first-ever tweed model – and it's a digital repro of the best-sounding Fender amp of all time

The 4x10 Tone Master '59 Bassman revives one of Fender's most iconic guitar amps via digital modeling circuitry

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“Full-frequency wireless audio with sparkling clarity”: With the Micro-sized Telepath, Fender is promising to fix your wireless guitar issues

With an eight-hour battery life, multi-instrument pairing and cable tone simulation for a natural feel, the Fender Telepath vies to become a key player in gig rigs

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“Do I ever feel the need to breakout the shred? Absolutely. All the time”: Meet Lime Garden’s Leila Deeley – the UK guitarist refreshing indie-pop with a heavy-strung Jaguar and a $30 fuzz pedal

Lime Garden's pop sound is lush and heady but at the heart of it lies a secret shredder who got a taste for the instrument listening to Black Sabbath and the Doors. We'll let Deeley explain it...

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Spruce, Sassafras and sugar pine: Fender gets experimental with tonewoods for its new limited edition American Performer Timber models

Yosemite pickups, a quirky take on push-pull tone shaping, and a choice of experimental tonewoods headline Fender's latest American Performer instruments

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“Legendary design and quintessential tone”: Squier just gave the six-string Jazz Bass VI its Affinity series debut – and it costs less than $350

The Jazz VI has been launched as part of a comprehensive Affinity expansion pack, which also includes updated active four- and five-string bass models

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From the Tom DeLonge-inspired Starcaster Deluxe to its first Thinline Tele and a rare Jaguar appearance – Squier’s affordable Affinity series just got a major new expansion

The five new budget-friendly builds mean there’s now more variety to the Affinity series than we’ve ever seen before

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“Slash has jammed with B.B. King – not many rockers could hang with the blues OGs like that”: Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram first heard Slash on Guitar Hero – now he’s hitting the road in the GN'R man’s traveling blues show

Kingfish is leading the charge for a new generation of blues heroes. Here he checks in to talk soloing styles, the message behind the blues and Slash's upcoming S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival

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