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Fender American Ultra Luxe 60s Stratocaster
Fender CEO admits regret over S-style cease-and-desist campaign – but says it will "improve" guitar design

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Edward 'Bud' Cole says Fender wants to "help" other brands move away from the Stratocaster design to create something "unique to the naked eye" – but who defines unique?

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Fender American Vintage II 2026 refresh
Fender refreshes the American Vintage II lineup with classic finishes from the paint room

By Jonathan Horsley Published

More finish options for the American Vintage II series and, my oh my, that rosewood 'board '61 Strat looks good in Surf Green

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Yamaha Pacifica and Fender Stratocaster
Now Fender hits Yamaha with a cease-and-desist as it widens legal campaign over Stratocaster copyright

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The legal battle over the design of S-style guitars takes a Goliath vs Goliath turn...

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Fender American Ultra II Stratocaster HSS
Is this the beginning of the end for the S-style? Fender issues cease and desist to US builder

By Jonathan Horsley Published

We are now seeing the downstream effects of Fender's legal victory in Germany as Strat EU legal protections bring lawyers' letters to the doors of US guitar makers

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Fender American Ultra Luxe 60s Stratocaster
Fender wins historic German court ruling protecting Stratocaster body design

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Regional Court of Düsseldorf rules in favour of Fender and offers broad legal protections for the Strat's body design

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Adrian Belew with the Fender Stratocaster that he and Seymour Duncan relic'd in the back garden
Adrian Belew on how he and Seymour Duncan made one of the first relic’d guitars

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The prog guitar icon has posted new pics taken by Seymour Duncan that show off their handiwork as they turned Belew's new Strat into a relic and started guitar's most controversial trend

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Fender American Ultra Luxe Vintage Series
Fender mixes old-school mojo with 21st-century playability for the American Ultra Luxe Vintage range

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Love vintage and modern guitars? Have it both ways with compound radius fingerboards, stainless steel frets, Pure Vintage pickups and Heirloom lacquer finishes in classic Fender colours

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Dickey Betts [left] and Warren Haynes trade licks onstage with the Allman Brothers Band at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Haynes's Strat would soon be stolen in New York.
How Warren Haynes turned to Les Pauls after his favourite Strat was stolen

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The theft of the Custom Shop Strat in the '90s forced Haynes to think differently

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Fender Custom Shop Ariel Posen Stratocaster: Posen's new signature model was inspired by the Jazzmaster and has custom-wound AP-90 pickups. Check out those cupcake-style control knobs.
Ariel Posen’s new Custom Shop signature Strat is A) stunning and B) inspired by a… Jazzmaster?

By Jonathan Horsley Published

This, you've got to see and hear. Featuring new custom-wound AP90 pickups, hardtail bridge, and cupcake control knobs, Posen's new Strat is a limited edition cracker

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The Fender Richie Kotzen Stratocaster is made in Japan and features a contoured ash body with a stunning figured maple top, and comes with DiMarzio pickups and Gotoh tuners.
Fender gives Richie Kotzen’s figured-maple topped MIJ signature Strat a global release

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Ash-bodied with a figured maple top, offered in Transparent White and Red Burst finishes, equipped with DiMarzio pickups, Kotzen's Strat could be a modern classic

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