In the 1940s, Fender revolutionized the industry with the release of the Telecaster (the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar), the Stratocaster and the Precision Bass.

He got introduced to the Fender P-Bass, and he wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you can't play that. You ain't [making] no money playing that.’ So they didn't want to change.

(Image credit: Future/Olly Curtis) Epi’s regular range already includes a TV Yellow Les Paul Special, albeit a mid-'50s-style single-cutaway. Like the single-pickup Junior, the Special became a double ...

Fender has unveiled the Khruangbin Collection, a limited edition run of guitars and basses modeled after the instruments used by the band’s Mark Speer and Laura Lee.. The collaboration honors the ...

Fender Musical Instruments -- History, Bass guitar -- History, Fender guitar, Bass guitarists Publisher San Francisco : Backbeat Books ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. by ...