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Fender Front Row
Read the Fender Front Row blog for updates on our products and artists, such as info on Paramore's new album...
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Tyler Bryant
Strat® guitar-wielding 18-year-old Texas guitar phenom is riding high these days ...
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VM and Vigor
Fender’s new Vintage Modified amps deliver classic sound and modern versatility ...
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Duff McKagan
A Q&A with the the Velvet Revolver bassist and one of Fender’s latest bass signature artists …
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Glen Matlock
The Sex Pistols bassist/songwriter on the filth, the fury, Fender and 30 years (!) of Never Mind the Bollocks ...
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Meet AutoVaughn
Winners of Fender’s Road Worn Competition and thus collectors of a $50,000 prize package, AutoVaughn is a Nashville based indie punk rock band consisting of four young men with Indiana and Ohio roots... Meet lead vocalist and guitarist Darren Edwards, vocalist and lead guitarist Stephen Wilson, bassist Ben Graham and drummer Andy Grooms. Better yet, get to really know them in this in-depth Fender.com exclusive feature.
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Fourth of July Tunes
With the holiday right around the corner, we thought it was a good time to offer up our Top Ten Fourth of July Tunes.
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Anthrax Anecdotes: Tour Buses
Fender signature bass player Frank Bello is back on the road with New York City-based thrash metal band Anthrax. Currently in the middle of a European tour, Anthrax returns stateside later this summer to tour with Slipknot. Throughout the summer, Bello has generously agreed to share his road journal with us in his blog, Anthrax Anecdotes. In his latest entry, Bello gripes about tour bus breakdowns.
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Anthrax Anecdotes: Issues
Fender signature bass player Frank Bello is back on the road with New York City-based thrash metal band Anthrax. Currently in the middle of a European tour, Anthrax returns stateside later this summer to tour with Slipknot. Throughout the summer, Bello has generously agreed to share his road journal with us in his blog, Anthrax Anecdotes. Enjoy his first entry!
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Iron Maiden's Flight 666 Soars to the Top
Iron Maiden might be on official hiatus right now, but the English heavy metal band is still shredding the charts as Flight 666 has soared to the number-one spot on music DVD charts in 22 countries, including the United States and the U.K. ...
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The Who’s Maximum R&B Live Deluxe Limited Edition Now Available
The Who’s 1994 Maximum R&B Live DVD served as a video timeline of the group’s career, with more than a dozen explosive performances spanning 30 years. Now, the April 2009 release of the Maximum R&B Live Deluxe Limited Edition brings the band’s “amazing journey” to life even more vividly. And loudly ...
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Nashville’s AutoVaughn Wins Fender Road Worn Competition
Tennessee alt/indie rock quartet AutoVaughn scores a major road win as the victor in the Fender Road Worn Competition—the band will soon hit the road with $50,000 in prizes, including a customized Toyota truck and trailer loaded with Fender Road Worn instruments ...
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Fender “John 5 Live Tour” a Smashing Success
Throughout May, phenomenally talented shred monster guitarist John 5 toured the width and breadth of the land, visiting a dozen dealers with Fender-sponsored “John 5 Live” in-store performance events—“shred-ology clinics,” if you will—that drew hordes of eager fans ...
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Jeff Beck Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Fender congratulates Jeff Beck on his April 4 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The honor comes amid a flurry of recent activity for the legendary guitarist, who is in the midst of a busy worldwide tour and who also has a just-released DVD ...
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Fender University Spring Session
From March 4 to 9, ten eager students and a stellar “Fender faculty” gathered in Corona, Calif., for the second Fender University educational program. What ensued was an unforgettable week ...
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Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster!
November 2008 sees the 100-instrument limited edition release of the eagerly awaited Fender Custom Shop Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster® guitar model, along with an online giveaway of one of the amazing instruments ...
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Fender’s “Accidental” Guitar at 50
A report from the Jazzmaster® 50th anniversary party on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at New York's famed Knitting Factory, which featured guitar greats Tom Verlaine (pictured), Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, J Mascis and others ...
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Billy Corgan
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan, one of alt-rock guitar's most articulate founding fathers, sits down with us for a detailed Q&A about his his smashing new signature Stratocaster® guitar …
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Elvis Costello Q&A
Master pop craftsman Elvis Costello talks about his new signature Fender Jazzmaster® guitar and the original it’s based on …
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