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“Jimi once said he’d been imitated so well that people had even copied his mistakes”: Watch Nile Rodgers, Tom Morello, Rebecca Lovell and more celebrate 70 years of the Strat in an all-star cover of Voodoo Child
By Jonathan Horsley published
To mark the Stratocaster's 70th Anniversary, Fender got 10 of today's Strat players to pay tribute to its most famous player – and turn loose the wah – on a cover of Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

“I imagined a chrome red, I love a good texture”: Fender reveals specs and more details of H.E.R’s custom Super Bowl Stratocaster – and we officially want one
By Jonathan Horsley published
The transparent red over Chrome Glow is a finish all right. But will Fender release this during the Strat's big 70th Anniversary?

Fender marks 70 years of the Stratocaster with new colour options, and limited edition American Professional II and Player Series Anniversary editions
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Big F adds Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst to your finish options for the American Professional II and Player Series Strats, and hints at more Anniversary business to come in 2024

“The thought of missing out on this guitar gave me the strength to do the gig”: Watch Joe Bonamassa demo the ’69 Hendrix spec Strat he calls ‘The Bronchitiscaster’ – and a super-rare ’67 Flying V
By Jonathan Horsley published
Joe Bonamassa demos the tones and tells the stories behind two much-loved Hendrix-era electrics in his collection, and they sound – and look – incredible

“A good guitar can bring something out of you… That’s what I wanted from this guitar”: Fender launches the Bruno Mars signature Strat, and it's a vintage-inspired masterpiece
By Jonathan Horsley published
Debuting Fender's Heirloom aged finish and hardware, with custom signature pickups, a 1969 neck profile and American Ultra contouring, the Bruno Mars Strat is out of this world

Watch Billy Gibbons tear it up on a custom Fender Strat made out of cardboard – with Matt Sorum playing cardboard drums
By Jonathan Horsley published
While we were all busy with the tone wood cork sniffing, along comes the Reverend and makes cardboard sound divine in a track written and performed on the spot with Sorum

Steve Lacy on his new signature Fender Strat: "I kind of wanted to mix the old with the new – I think I always like that in everything that I do"
By Ellie Rogers published
The artist and producer brings an auteur's touch to his first signature guitar; he tells us about striking a balance

Fender and Steve Lacy team up for the People Pleaser Stratocaster – a unique, hot-wired Strat with onboard fuzz
By Jonathan Horsley published
The People Pleaser is decked out in an all-new Chaos Burst finish and comes equipped with The Internet guitarist's Chaos Fuzz circuit, Noiseless pickups and vintage-style trem

Fender and session ace Michael Landau team up for the Coma Stratocaster – a bespoke electric guitar for all occasions
By Jonathan Horsley published
With a CuNiFe Wide Range humbucker and a pair of Custom-designed ML Ultra Noiseless single-coils, a vintage Strat vibrato and routing for a Floyd, this is no off-the-shelf Strat

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day by watching Joe Bonamassa play Sloe Gin on Rory Gallagher’s ’61 Fender Stratocaster
By Jonathan Horsley published
Almost 10 years ago to the day, Bonamassa borrowed his hero’s Strat for a special performance of Tim Curry’s Sloe Gin at the Royal Albert Hall
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