Released as Fender’s top-of-the-line electric Spanish guitar in 1958, the Jazzmaster was an instant misnomer. Although it ultimately gained appeal as a workhorse jack-of-all-trades instrument, it was ...
Back in 2021, a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar once owned by Jimi Hendrix surfaced on Reverb.com. Genuine used-by-Hendrix guitars are famously valuable, and difficult to track down. With that ...
Slipknot’s Jim Root has just released the newest model of his signature Fender Jazzmaster. While speaking to the guitarist from quarantine, Root told us all about his new axe and why it’s the perfect ...
With the release of the "Spark-O-Matic" Jazzmaster, Fender has completed its Parallel Universe II line up, an eight model range of limited edition electric guitars that combine elements of different ...
The booming electric jazz guitar scene of the 1950s was dominated by Gibson’s ES (Electric Spanish) series, with its flagship Super 400CES and L-5CES electric archtops setting formidably high ...
Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo began their mutual love affair with the Fender Jazzmaster more than two decades ago. Since the early eighties, Sonic Youth have used an assortment of cheap and cheerful ...
Fender is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Jazzmaster by talking to musicians who love the guitar. One of those musicians is My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, who gave a rare video interview ...
The Acoustasonic series started out as Fender's moon shot at re-inventing the acoustic guitar for the modern age, but its ambitions quickly expanded to become much broader. Equipped with three ...
When Roberto Baldwin wrote about the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster for Engadget back in January of 2019 he said, “This is a seriously impressive instrument that will more than likely win over ...
When I tested out the Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster earlier this year, I was admittedly skeptical. One of the biggest reasons was the price. I just couldn’t justify $2,000 for something so niche. But ...
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo have spent decades taking apart, restringing, and generally mangling their collection of guitars in service of the Sonic Youth sound. And from looking over ...