Best high-end bass guitars 2024: our pick of premium basses from Rickenbacker, Fender, PRS, Fodera and more By Simon Fellows published 27 April 22 Get the lowdown on the very best of the deep, pummelling world of bass
Fender Japan revives and revamps the bonkers Stratocaster-Telecaster hybrid model, the Fender ‘51 By Matt Owen published 19 November 21 The eye-catching six-string sports most of the specs seen on a conventional Telecaster, though houses them on the unmistakable double-cut body of a Stratocaster
Classic gear: Rickenbacker 4001 By Rod Brakes published 12 November 21 This classic electric bass was Rickenbacker’s bestseller of the '70s
50 architects of the electric guitar By Tony Bacon published 21 July 21 We celebrate the pioneers whose envelope-pushing ideas changed the face of the electric era of guitar playing
Classic gear: 1950s Fender Stratocasters By Rod Brakes published 9 July 21 It did not take long before Fender’s iconic solidbody reached the heights of success
Fender American Professional II Precision Bass review By Kevin Sanders published 21 June 21 One for the money, two for the show: meet Fender’s new APII P-Bass
Top tweed: the evolution of Fender’s earliest guitar amps By Rod Brakes published 18 June 21 Terry Foster, co-author of Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970, imparts his expert knowledge on Fender’s earliest amps
The history of the Fender Telecaster, the world's first mass-produced solidbody electric guitar By Jonathan Horsley published 11 June 21 Leo Fender’s Telecaster was the bolt-on from the blue that changed the world with a tone that could fight its way through any mix
G&L updates its short-scale bass collection with the Fullerton Deluxe Fallout By Matt Owen published 18 December 20 Big bass sounds from an easy-to-play package?
Behold Leo Fender's handmade Breadboard Bass, which he used as a "quick and dirty way to test pickups" By Richard Bienstock published 24 April 20 The rudimentary bass combines Fender, Music Man and G&L design elements in one instrument
Fender American Elite Jazz Bass review By E.E. Bradman published 8 January 20 The Fender Jazz Bass continues to be one of the most popular electric bass designs in the world
Why the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Remains the Top Choice of Countless Pro Bassists By Chris Gill published 10 August 18 A look at the resilience of the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay bass, arguably Leo Fender's final great design achievement.
New Book Sheds More Light on Leo Fender, 'The Quiet Giant' By Damian Fanelli published 11 December 17
Ernie Ball Music Man Displays 40th Anniversary “Old Smoothie” StingRay Bass By Guitar World Staff published 23 June 16 Ernie Ball Music Man offers its 40th Anniversary edition of the StingRay, nicknamed “Old Smoothie.”