“The neck date reads December 1957. This Strat has been loved and played, but it’s very straight and correct, with the yellowed plastic knobs and pickup covers, and the alder body, which were ...

Timeless, iconic, yet also indisputably a product of the era in which it was designed, the Stratocaster was shaped in huge part by a few oft-overlooked players – one of whom suggested the whammy bar s ...

Vintage guitars are certainly having a moment. And Fender is definitely part of it. The 73-year-old, California-based legend has been making Stratocasters and Telecasters since the 1950s, so its ...