Fender release bashed-around Strummer edition
Fender is releasing a Joe Strummer Telecaster finished with a worn look, with a kit of stencils and stickers for owners to customise it.…
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Fender guitar used on Tubular Bells going up for auction
The Fender guitar Mike Oldfield used to record Tubular Bells is being auctioned for charity Sane, with an estimate of £25,000 to £35,000.…
Hawaiian guitarist Mary Kaye dies aged 83
Hawaiian guitarist Mary Kaye, the first woman to have a guitar named after her, has died aged 83 from respiratory and heart failure.…
Hot Club De Paris appeal for stolen guitar
Hot Club De Paris have appealed for help recovering a Fender guitar belonging to Paul Rafferty, stolen after their gig at Berlin's Bastard club.…
Freddy Fender dies
Singer and guitarist Freddy Fender has died aged 69 at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas, after being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year.…
Guitar goes for thousands
A 1965 Fender Stratocaster used by Jimi Hendrix sold for £100,000 at a London auction, with a Hendrix poll and a signed Hey Joe single also fetching high prices.…
Queen to tour with Free man
Brian May has confirmed Queen plan a reunion tour with Paul Rodgers as lead singer, expected to start around April 2005.…
Hendrix memorabilia under the hammer
Around 20,000 Jimi Hendrix memorabilia items, collected by an American fan and valued at £15m, will be displayed at the re-launched Marquee before auction in 2005.…
Iron Maiden stars join Strat Fest line-up
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith and Nicko McBrain have joined the line-up for a Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary show at Wembley Arena on 24 September.…
Rockers celebrate the Fender Stratocaster's fiftieth
Guitarists including David Gilmour, Joe Walsh and Johnny Marr will play a Wembley Arena event on 24 Sep marking fifty years of the Fender Stratocaster, in aid of Nordoff-Robbins.…
Who man's belongings on sale
Sothebys is auctioning over 350 items belonging to the late John Entwistle, including around 150 guitars, collectively valued at about half a million pounds.…
Hendrix guitar not hot enough
Hendrix's torched Fender Stratocaster failed to reach its reserve at auction, with a top bid of £300,000 against a £340,000 minimum set by owner Dweezil Zappa.…