Fender Guitars

Pickup Winder/Builder Abigail Ybarra, Who Came to Fender in 1956, Retires

Posted 05/09/2013 at 11:35am | by Guitar World Staff

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The Fender Custom Shop is pleased and wistful to announce that one of its most revered employees, “pickup artist” Abigail Ybarra, is retiring after more than 50 years in the Fender family. In celebration, Fender arranged for Los Lobos to play at her private retirement party with dozens of her coworkers.

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Review: Fender American Vintage Series Stratocaster and Telecaster

Posted 02/14/2013 at 6:22am | by Paul Riario

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If I had a nickel for every time I heard a guitar collector say he wished he had a time machine and a wad of cash so he could go back to the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies to stockpile a hoard of classic guitars, I’d be able to afford my own collection of vintage axes that would make Billy Gibbons green with envy.

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Fender Adds Two Guitars, Two Basses to Pawn Shop Series

Posted 01/14/2013 at 11:14am | by Guitar World Staff

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Fender has added four new models to its Pawn Shop Series, which the company calls a line of "guitars that never were but should have been.” There's the Pawn Shop ’70s Strat Deluxe, Pawn Shop Super-Sonic, Pawn Shop Mustang Bass and Pawn Shop Bass VI.

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Fender Custom Shop Releases Limited-Edition Sheryl Crow Signature Telecaster

Posted 11/13/2012 at 5:42pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Fender has introduced the Limited Edition Sheryl Crow 1959 Custom Telecaster. Only 60 of these guitars have been made, with one signed by Crow and donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Squier Introduces Stratocaster with USB and iOS Connectivity

Posted 11/12/2012 at 3:58pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Today Squier announced a new model, a Strat that can directly connect with — and record to — an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Windows-based computer. The Squier by Fender Strat Guitar with USB and iOS Connectivity features an onboard mini-USB connector that allows players to interface with all the aforementioned devices, with no extra hardware needed, including GarageBand and other apps on iOS.

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Fender Introduces Tim Armstrong Deluxe Acoustic Guitar

Posted 11/08/2012 at 2:08pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Fender has announced the release of the Tim Armstrong Deluxe guitar, a six-string acoustic model designed in conjunction with Rancid founder Tim Armstrong.

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