Fender’s Telecaster and Stratocaster are two of the world’s most legendary guitars, both born in the 50’s from – what was at the time – a small guitar manufacturer based on the West-Coast of the US.

References to a guitar-like stringed instrument date back nearly a thousand years, but honestly, none of these lute-ish, uke-ish oddities qualify as a guitar. There is a lot of debate about when the ...

“The CBS era [from 1965] was a hugely experimental time for Fender because they had the financial resources to try a lot of different things. They’d already hired Roger Rossmeisl [in 1962] and Phil ...

As Paul McCartney is reunited with his violin-shaped Hofner bass, we look at equally iconic guitars, from Prince’s phallic symbol to Jimmy Page’s double-necked beast Prince was both a dream and a ...