Recently, Fender has released an Eric Johnson signature series guitar. The guitar is, of course, a Stratocaster. This guitar fits in nicely with their other artist series guitars. Eric has a history of meticulous attention to detail when it comes to tone, so I suspect that a guitar with his name on it has been given the same attention to detail. … [Read more...]

Late last Spring, Taylor Guitars started selling their first electric/acoustic hybrid guitar, named the T5. The T5 debuted at this year's NAMM convention, which you can read about here. … [Read more...]

Last year, Fender released a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan's famous "Number One" Stratocaster. Stevie Ray was well-known for playing Stratocasters, but the Number One guitar was his most famous Stratocaster. The tribute guitar was reproduced directly from Stevie's Number One guitar. They sold only a very limited number of the tribute guitars, and I never did see one in any … [Read more...]