My Madrid-based video production company RedHill Media recently just finished a pilot video for Fender  Spain’s new web television initiative.  We provided the full camera crew, video gear, and studio space here in Madrid. The video should be up soon on Redill’s blog!    

The high-end guitar maker is weathering the rough economic times in Corona. ‘California is hewn into Fender’s DNA,’ says an official with the company, whose fans keep the passion alive….. By Michael Hiltzik – Los Angeles Times – November 12, 2009 read the full article

... was permanently changed; electricity was now ingrained into the world of music. Fender bass guitars have altered very little since their release, despite a few small changes over the years. There is a ... big conflict about which makes a better bass guitar, you can now purchase bass guitars in many shapes and materials. It is really all essentially what pleases you best. Wood is the most normally ...

... made to the same high quality standards and materials that Fender used for its more expensive models. For this reason, pre-1964 ... fingerboard, usually of Indian rosewood (click here for a picture of this). Some Fender experts speculate that the slab board necks ... /65 to 10/66 necks. Mostly likely, since Fender was backordered on these guitars, slab boards were used because the manufacturing process ...

... Reliability/Durability : 10 The guitar is built as solidly as a Fender Strat....like a tank. Customer Support : 10 I ... was changed without a problem. Overall Rating : 10 For reference, my other guitars are a Gibson SG Diablo. I also Have a guild, yamaha, and ...

... too. I don't know why it is, but for some reason I just can't get on with the lower strings on most guitars. Those are the strings I want to have the most immediate attack, the most direct connection (When I want it, but its easier to make a ... metal is too soft and has WORN! Another particular problem is tremolo arms. fender type arms don't have enough bend so they bottom out early. ...

... loud Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve. I'm not in a band that requires electric guitars. And lately I've been doing some recording in GarageBand with their all new guitar modeling that is really pretty amazing ... However, they are a couple of hundred bucks more than the standard black. And now Fender seems to be putting out some special colored tolex models that match guitars. I've seen a surf ...

... all the pickups from 1956 -1963 look the same how can it tell. The wire is the same as is the lead wire and Fender never marked those pickups with dates. REPLY Great question. Everything you said ... i have seen on 1960 Stratocaster for example being the cross over year to have either sets in the guitars but by late 1960 they should be south up polarity.  If you do not have a meter( you can get ...

... announced the release of Club Grooves: Urban Guitars, a collection featuring guitar loops for Hip ... Custom (wine red) The amplifiers used on the sessions were a Fender 65 Twin Reverb and a Marshall MA50C. ... Smash Up The Studio. Club Grooves: Urban Guitars is available to purchase as a download for $29.95 USD. ... : Equinox Sounds / Club Grooves: Urban Guitars Related posts Equinox Sounds releases ...

I got to thinking about the perception that MIA Fender instruments are overpriced,so I did a little math. List price on a sunburst Strat in 1959 was $274.50.The case was another $50.00.If you wanted a ... Age,yet we now see MIA as far too expensive for the average budget. Has the average American's purchasing power dropped by more than the decrease in the real cost of a new Fender Strat?