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 ...

Fender attempts the incredible feat of replicating the historic Bassman with a digital heart in its latest addition to the ...

Playing the electric guitar in a cover band can be complex. You need to be able to sound like a wide range of different guitar players, each with their own distinct sound -- much of which is based on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sound of California business success came to my ears the moment I stepped through the door of Fender Musical Instruments Corp.’s 3-acre manufacturing plant in Corona. It reached me as riffs and ...

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 ...

Lockdowns not only turbocharged the growth of digital businesses like Zoom and Netflix—they also gave a jolt to the world’s largest electric guitar maker. The factory floor is humming as director of ...

The company that makes the guitars that have graced some of the biggest stars of rock and pop -- including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton -- has filed for a public stock offering worth ...

The gig: Andy Mooney, the son of a Scottish coal miner, couldn’t afford the Fender guitar he longed for as a child. Now 61, Mooney is chief executive of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. The company, ...

Known primarily for being one of the world's top guitar makers, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is a privately owned company, with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. Leo Fender founded ...