Visiting Fender’s enormous facility in Southern California, it’s fascinating to observe how the modern Stratocaster is made. While I expected to see a highly mechanised operation in which the ...

Fender's Strat and Tele changed the world ... The Pro II is arguably the perfect modern Strat. The brilliant thing about the Vintera Series, aside from the ace build quality and sensible price tags, ...

Curiously, perhaps, Leo Fender, the Californian inventor who ... cheerful and utterly modern Stratocaster made its debut in a year when the hard-pressed British were still carrying ration books ...

The modern D-Shape neck of the Fender American Ultra II Stratocaster is the first I believe I’ve ever used. I have to say that I really enjoyed this neck. The shape and the satin finish made it ...

Another fantastic new Fender design introduced with the American Performer series are new ClassicGear tuners. These 18:1 ratio tuners are a modern interpretation of Fender’s vintage-style top ...

The guitar giant announced this Modern Player Short Scale Stratocaster earlier ... Stratocaster seems just too large and unwieldy. You may like Fender unveils Player II refresh with the Strat, Tele, P ...

Fender combines guitar history and present-day playability in a Hendrix Stratocaster that's both a contemporary instrument and a child of the '60s. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C.

Modern Fenders use a larger 9.5-inch radius ... this Fender guitar isn’t necessarily better than any other American-made Fender Stratocaster I’ve played, but it does feel more like a vintage ...