he had a close working relationship with Leo Fender himself. Dale was fast to adopt the Strat, which hit stores in 1954, and said that it was Leo Fender who turned him onto it. Having met Leo at ...

We dig into the Japanese guitar industry of the 1960s and ’70s and find notable brands, mischievous copies, diligent makers and original designs that led to the instrument’s renaissance in the 1980s a ...

The surf guitar king was not only a Fender man to his bones – he had a close working relationship with Leo Fender himself ...

The Fender Stratocaster is an influential guitar ... Today, a select few Craftsmen products labeled as industrial are still made in America, while the remainder are manufactured overseas.

It appears that Donald Trump’s range of ‘Make America Great Again’ guitars are being made in China ... to huge manufacturers including Fender, and it is worth noting that the Trump Guitars ...

Jerome Powell is so well-known these days that his name can stand alone in a news headline. But what do we really know about ...

Having made his name with the Gibson brand in the mid to late 1960s, Clapton made the dramatic switch in the ‘70s and hasn’t ...

While a number of musical instruments are made in the United States, many of their parts still come from other countries.

Play the USA TODAY ... multiple guitars and plays them to decompress after a stressful day at work. We do not know how many guitars Powell owns, or whether he prefers Gibson to Fender.

Alternative rock bands in the 1990s shunned the idea of being rock stars, but many became alt-rock guitar heroes nonetheless.

Adirondack guitarist Ralph Lane has played with Grammy nominees and toured Europe. He got his start listening to radio in the ...

Other audio selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations include recordings by Chicago, Miles ...