The Fender American Performer Stratocaster is the replacement for the Fender American Special. The American Special has been around for awhile but Fender thought it was time for an update and a better ...

Fender has launched the American Performer Timber series, a limited edition special run for the player who is looking an off-menu tonewood to freshen up their sound. It comprises Stratocasters and ...

The last time we reviewed a Fender guitar it was the Fender American Performer Stratocaster. This time around, Fender is attempting to bring back their vintage sounds through a new line of guitars ...

Fender has substantially updated its American Performer lineup, formerly known as American Special. The new line is the entry point to Fender made-in-USA instruments and now includes basses in ...

Fender has announced the American Performer Series, which replaces the American Special Series as the guitar company’s most affordable entry point to its Corona, California-built models. Key specs for ...

If you like ash just the way it is, Fender's new limited edition Performer's could be a treerific option… sorry. There's only a layer of satin polyurethane coating on top but the new FSR Raw Ash ...

Only two features distinguished a Mary Kaye Stratocaster from any other Strat that might have rolled off Fender’s production line during the mid-to-late 1950s. So why are vintage examples so darn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. In 1954, Leo Fender revolutionized the electric guitar and music forever with the ...

Its seductive looks and futuristic design have endeared the Fender Stratocaster to generations of guitarists. As an icon of rock turns 60, Jonathan Glancey looks back. Old rockers wrinkle as they ...

Join us on a trip through Fender's factory, Custom Shop, Master Builder department and head office, in celebration of a radically innovative instrument that continues to find new ways to move music ...