Fender facing class-action lawsuit alleging millions of players were overcharged for guitars

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Fender is facing a class-action lawsuit by a UK consumer advocacy group, alleging it overcharged millions of customers for guitars. 

The legal action – which has been reported by The Times – comes after the guitar giant was fined £4.5 million in 2020 for illegally preventing online price discounts. 

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.