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Fender Japan has developed a rabid cult following, but do its crazy-limited electric guitars live up to the hype? I finally gave in and bought one to find out
The achingly chic Elemental Series is one of Fender Japan’s most lusted-after recent launches. I snapped up the Jazzmaster to discover if MIJ guitars are worthy of their obsessive fandom
I’ve been fitting locking tuners to all my electric guitars for 20 years – and I just found out I’ve been using them wrong the whole time
It turns out there’s a right way to restring locking tuners – and it will make your guitar stay in tune better
Meet the Stratocaster Custom, a Fender Japan signature model that combines the Strat and Tele into a unique new form – and it’s absolutely full of surprises
Fujifabric frontman Souichiro Yamauchi takes a bold step on his third Fender Japan signature model, which marries features from his favorite Strat and Tele
Fender Vintera II ‘60s Stratocaster and ‘50s Nocaster review: keenly priced Strat and Tele models that evoke the golden age of guitar building
The original 2019 Fender Vintera models offered a fine and affordable snapshot of Fenders from a particular ‘vintage era’. So, what do the Mk II class of 2023 Vinteras bring to the table?
EMG JMaster Pickup Set review: vintage-voiced Jazzmaster tones with zero noise
The modernist pickup maker turns its attention to the wild and wacky Fender Jazzmaster to give it an active pickup makeover
“The most unique finish Fender makes”: Fender’s new Waste Bucket Sparkle guitars turn trash into treasure
These jaw-dropping new CME-exclusive Custom Shop builds will teach you to love your leftovers
Tom Verlaine influenced generations of alt-rock guitar greats – find out why they worshipped his playing with this lesson in his idiosyncratic style
The recently departed Tom Verlaine was one of the most important of the alt-rock and new wave players who brought an expansive and musically audacious approach to punk
“A harmonious chord between tradition and evolution”: Fender debuts the Vintera II Series – bringing back the Bass VI, a Nirvana-inspired Mustang and a wealth of vintage-spec’d models
A Nocaster and Kurt Cobain-esque Competition Mustang line up alongside a new suite of Strats, Teles, Jazzmasters and Jags, all of which aim to give modern players access to Golden Era guitars – complete with the return of rosewood fretboards
Fender Japan has unveiled another knockout limited-edition Jazzmaster – in the face of Fender’s offset boom, will it be made available overseas?
The popularity for offsets has grown “exponentially” over the past few years, and introducing Fender Japan models to wider markets would go a long way to satisfy the demand
