Fender have recently opened the Fender Visitor Center and have begun offering factory tours of their Corona, CA manufacturing facility. The Visitor Center features 8,000 square feet of exhibit space, featuring instruments, amps, photos, historical artifacts, and interactive displays. If you've followed this site for any length of time, you know that I am a sucker for … [Read more...]
Fender Modern Player Series Guitars and Basses
Fender have introduced a new line of guitars and basses called the Modern Player Series. There are five guitars and three basses in the new lineup. These guitars are targeted towards entry-level players with an aggressive price point (starting at $399) and modern appointments. The guitars in the Modern Player Series include the Modern Player Stratocaster HSS, the Modern … [Read more...]
Fender 9/11 Tribute Guitars
Fender has commemorated the 10th anniversary of the heroic acts of the first responders during the 9/11 attacks by creating three Custom Shop Stratocasters: the New York Fire Department Stratocaster, the New York Police Department Stratocaster, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Stratocaster: The guitars will be on display during a Fender event this month. … [Read more...]
Fender Blacktop Basses
Fender have recently released two new additions to their Blacktop line of guitars and basses: the Blacktop Jazz Bass and the Blacktop Precision Bass. I've played several of the Blacktop guitars before and, generally, think they are a very good value. The features of the Blacktop Jazz Bass include an Alder body, a rosewood fretboard with 9.5" radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, … [Read more...]
Premier Guitar Reviews the Fender Pawn Shop Series
Premier Guitar recently posted this video review of the new Fender Pawn Shop Series of guitars that were released earlier this month: I find these to be fairly interesting, as they're nothing like anything Fender currently produces. There's a Pawn Shop '51, which has a Strat body with a Tele neck and Tele-like appointments, aside from a humbucker in the bridge position. … [Read more...]