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 ...

After Jim Root recalibrated the Fender Jazzmaster ... into an extended range metal machine. Misha Mansoor is another big-name player who has put his own distinct, heavy-minded spin on Charvel ...