In a refreshing endorsement of modern gear craftsmanship, Perry — an avid guitar collector himself — tellsTotal Guitar: “Big legacy companies like Gibson and Fender are now starting to make guitars that are as good as the ones they made back when they were first invented.” ...
So the next time you see a sus chord, know that someone decided to transform a major chord into something more interesting. Try to find these special chords in songs you learn every day, or get back to basics by learning how to play a songusing sus chordson Fender Play. And if you'r...
Of the two, the spaghetti logo came first. Fender’s spaghetti logo was used throughout the 1950s and is so named for its thin, stylized script, which appears in silver lettering with a thin black outline. Esquire, Broadcaster,Telecaster,Stratocaster,Precision BassandJazzmasterguitars from the 1...
More about guitars “A pro-quality tool for hard-working musicians who like the guitar to do the heavy lifting”: Fender American Ultra II Stratocaster HSS “You never know what will happen. You’re on a bus with pythons”: Orianthi on her Orange Oriverb amp, how soloing is like rapping...
Kurt Cobain had a tendency to smash his guitars onstage, but when he wasn't destroying them, the Fender Mustang was his favorite to play. He toldGuitar Worldthat he only ever owned two of them, and it was his left-handedness and desire for something affordable that led him to the mode...
Kurt Cobain had a tendency to smash his guitars onstage, but when he wasn't destroying them, the Fender Mustang was his favorite to play. He toldGuitar Worldthat he only ever owned two of them, and it was his left-handedness and desire for something affordable that led him to the mode...
“I thought I was going to do this really different album,” says Corgan. “So typical me, I didn’t use any of my gear. Like, any. I went out and bought new guitars and strange amps, a Fender Blackface and a Selmer combo, I think. Most of my memories with Adore have more to...
She’s been known to sling all sorts of guitars ranging from GibsonLes Paul’stoFenderStrats, with a few semi-hollowbody jobs mixed in for good measure. Regardless of which axe she chooses,Ayla Tesler-Mabe, a 21-year-old Canadian blues sensation, wows audiences wherever she goes. Her rise...
Where you thought that customers would initiate searches by style, you’ve now learned they’re more likely to seek out a Fender, Gibson, or Gretsch before drilling down into types of guitars. This information is of great value in understanding and designing for your users’ behaviors. Site...
That’s John Walker on the video back in 1975 pretending to play the solo on a rather beautiful but unplugged Fender Stratocaster. He was promoting the Walker Brothers comeback album, which did nowhere near as well as theNo Regretssingle which was taken from it. ...