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Mold-breaking guitar rocks novel movable pickups and active expression
Bold guitarists looking to push boundaries can go down the digital processing rabbit hole, but Verso's latest oddball build ...
Why the mods Eric Johnson made to his ‘54 Strat were pivotal to his early success
The guitarist made extensive revisions to the guitar's electronics and hardware that became central to his signature smooth tone ...
Guitar World on MSN28d
How the Fender Stratocaster ushered in an evolution in guitar design – and a revolution in guitar music
The advances in pickup design – noiseless single-coils, stacked humbuckers – presented players, and Fender, with more ...
Guitars that bear ‘scars’ of Jeff Beck’s playing exhibited for auction
Auction house Christie’s is putting more than 130 guitars, which the guitarist played during his almost six-decades-long ...
A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California
Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, ...
Mike Bloomfield’s missing custom-painted ’66 Fender Telecaster – which was lost in 1974 – is going up for sale
The quirky Tele, which mysteriously disappeared in the 1970s after it had been used by Bloomfield, was recently discovered ...
Orange County Register12d
A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California
What’s considered the best-selling pop instrument of all time was invented by Southern Californian Leo Fender. Aug. 10, 1909: Clarence Leonidas Fender is born in Anaheim. 1928: Fender graduates ...
Hakes: Iowa City’s prominent string bass maker now crafting unique, high-end bass guitars
Iowa City's Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand is known in prominent nationwide orchestral circles for his exquisitely crafted string ...
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Seth Lover helped create a Telecaster range that remains one of the decade's shining moments
Simultaneously, it retained the Fender pickup-design archetype of positioning ... in the neck and bridge positions, and an enlarged Strat-style headstock. The ’74 Telecaster Thinline shown ...
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Fender Jaguar
The Fender Jaguar is an iconic guitar that screams individuality ... between the Jazzmaster and the Jaguar come down to the scale length of the guitars and pickups used. The Fender Jaguar has a 24″ ...