If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. An amplifier is a vital companion for bringing out the ...

1909: Clarence "Leo" Fender is born. The designer, engineer and inventor would found the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, the banner under which he created and produced the first wave ...

When Leo Fender and his colleagues launched the first Fender solid-body electric guitar in 1950, almost everyone who saw it thought he’d gone mad. Fender’s early amplifiers were good, but a solid-body ...

In 1946, Leo Fender, founder of Fender’s Radio Service, renamed his company Fender Electric Instrument Company—better known as Fender—and it became an iconic music company that manufactures some of ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Portability doesn’t have to mean sacrificing sound ...

Guitar players a century ago sometimes struggled to get their instrument heard. That all changed when a small group of inventors added something into the mix – electricity. “This is really it,” said ...

Leo Fender was a pioneer in the design and improvement of the electric guitar. As innovative as he was to music, his leadership was electric too. His resonant tones moved millions but so did the ...

TOKYO -- U.S. guitar maker Fender is set to open its first-ever retail store this month in Japan, hoping that its hard-rocking brand will appeal to both music lovers and people who like their style.

When Roberto Baldwin wrote about the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster for Engadget back in January of 2019 he said, “This is a seriously impressive instrument that will more than likely win over ...

Guitars Rave culture meets the first mass-produced electric guitar – Fender teams up with Palace Skateboards for limited run Telecaster Guitars Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with ...