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“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

Fender unveils jaw-dropping £5,000+ Custom Shop signature “Pinky” Stratocaster for Tyler Bryant
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Texan blues-rocker’s limited edition signature model has hand-wound Shawbucker and ‘60s Strat pickups, is relic'd to a tee, and sure looks a peach in Shell Pink

Fender gives the signature H.E.R. Strat a limited edition Blue Marlin makeover
By Jonathan Horsley published
The iridescent Blue Marlin finish was inspired by fishing trips with her father, and it is exquisite, limited to 300 units worldwide
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