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In the world of custom electric guitars, details matter. High-end components, top-of-the-line pickups, quality wood, hand-wired electronics … all create instruments that rise above garden-variety ...

Following in the creative footsteps of the Old Growth Strat, the Front Row Legend Esquire and the 80 Proof Blues Junior, Fender has now used wood reclaimed from a famed Toronto nightclub for a pair of ...

It came off the line at Leo Fender's guitar factory in Fullerton, Calif., in 1954: Seven pounds of maple and ash and crude electronics. He called it the Broadcaster. Then, the Esquire. Then, finally, ...

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 3 OVER THE LAST two columns, Joe Bonamassa demonstrated the attributes of two of his favorite guitars: the 1954 Gibson Les Paul goldtop ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — For a meager $12,000 you can own a piece of Hollywood Bowl history in the form of a custom Fender guitar crafted from "100-year-old Alaskan yellow cedar reclaimed from the ...

If you attended a Hollywood Bowl concert between 1981 and 2013, the bench you sat on might now be part of a high-end Fender guitar. Your spilt beer, sweat and even tears from that fondly remembered ...