Fender Stratocaster This Limited Edition Player II Strat is discounted $240 and going fast at Fender’s Cyber Monday sale It's one of nearly 80 guitars on sale at Fender right now "She made it look so effortless.” Watch Amy Winehouse stun audiences with her voice and a Stratocaster Known for her singular voice, Winehouse was also a talented guitarist, as these videos show Joe Bonamassa reveals the one guitar that does it all... and the one he'll never play The guitar aficionado also tells us which guitar he'll never play, and the pedal on his board that he can't do without Latest Fender Stratocaster The world’s first seven-string Fender Stratocaster is here By Phil Weller published 26 October 24 Chris Garza shows off the history-making extended-range Strat and says there may be more to come Rory Gallagher’s Strat sells for $1.16 million at auction before being donated to the National Museum of Ireland By Phil Weller published 26 October 24 The iconic six-string was purchased by Live Nation Gaiety with the intent of keeping the guitar in Ireland David Gilmour says he couldn't pick out his legendary Black Strat in a blindfold test By Phil Weller published 4 October 24 The prog icon sold the famed guitar at auction for just under $4 million. But he's got something he considers just as good Fender finds an unlikely partner in Swiss watchmaker Bvlgari – resulting in a limited-edition collection By Phil Weller published 29 August 24 The new Fender Japan-flavored Strat and its companion helps celebrate the guitar’s 70th anniversary via the “fusion of two legacies” The Irish government is considering what it can do to keep Rory Gallagher’s Strat in the country By Phil Weller published 16 July 24 Senior political figures in Ireland have acknowledged the guitar's cultural significance and want to ensure it remains in Ireland, despite it heading for auction in October Rory Gallagher’s legendary ’61 Stratocaster to be sold at auction By Phil Weller published 9 July 24 It's said to be the first ever Stratocaster to arrive in Ireland, and it was there throughout Gallagher’s career – now his family wants someone else to “cherish” it Fender 70th Anniversary Ultra Stratocaster HSS review By Art Thompson published 1 July 24 Graced with a stunning, sports car-like finish, this guitar is a versatile salute to the genius of Leo Fender Watch John Mayer play Jeff Beck’s custom Strat during Dead & Company’s The Sphere residency By Phil Weller published 18 June 24 Fans had theorized that the reverse headstock-equipped white Strat was a custom build saluting one of Mayer's heroes, but Joe Bonamassa has confirmed that the guitar is the real deal Adrian Belew on the time Seymour Duncan set fire to his Strat – and inadvertently created the first relic’d guitar By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Belew had sought the expertise of his friend Seymour Duncan to fix his “ugly-ass guitar” – but he didn’t expect his trigger-happy solution Ritchie Blackmore's first Strat came from Eric Clapton's collection By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Blackmore might be a Stratocaster icon now, but if it wasn’t for a bargain deal courtesy of Eric Clapton’s roadie, he may never have been 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1This deal is so good, I'm buying it myself. At $99, UAD's Guitar Amp Bundle is 75% off. Plus you get 50+ more plug-ins for free — only on Cyber Monday 2So many pedal deals, so little time: The best deals on guitar pedals right now3A Fender for $85? Taylor Swift's guitar at $100 off? The best acoustic deals still available right now 4I’ve been recommending this audio interface all year and it just got its first-ever discount for Cyber Monday5“It was the first time we ever made money. We bought one Mesa/Boogie Mark IV and shared it between ourselves in the studio.” How the Offspring made the number-one indie-rock record of all time with two guitars and one amp
The world’s first seven-string Fender Stratocaster is here By Phil Weller published 26 October 24 Chris Garza shows off the history-making extended-range Strat and says there may be more to come
Rory Gallagher’s Strat sells for $1.16 million at auction before being donated to the National Museum of Ireland By Phil Weller published 26 October 24 The iconic six-string was purchased by Live Nation Gaiety with the intent of keeping the guitar in Ireland
David Gilmour says he couldn't pick out his legendary Black Strat in a blindfold test By Phil Weller published 4 October 24 The prog icon sold the famed guitar at auction for just under $4 million. But he's got something he considers just as good
Fender finds an unlikely partner in Swiss watchmaker Bvlgari – resulting in a limited-edition collection By Phil Weller published 29 August 24 The new Fender Japan-flavored Strat and its companion helps celebrate the guitar’s 70th anniversary via the “fusion of two legacies”
The Irish government is considering what it can do to keep Rory Gallagher’s Strat in the country By Phil Weller published 16 July 24 Senior political figures in Ireland have acknowledged the guitar's cultural significance and want to ensure it remains in Ireland, despite it heading for auction in October
Rory Gallagher’s legendary ’61 Stratocaster to be sold at auction By Phil Weller published 9 July 24 It's said to be the first ever Stratocaster to arrive in Ireland, and it was there throughout Gallagher’s career – now his family wants someone else to “cherish” it
Fender 70th Anniversary Ultra Stratocaster HSS review By Art Thompson published 1 July 24 Graced with a stunning, sports car-like finish, this guitar is a versatile salute to the genius of Leo Fender
Watch John Mayer play Jeff Beck’s custom Strat during Dead & Company’s The Sphere residency By Phil Weller published 18 June 24 Fans had theorized that the reverse headstock-equipped white Strat was a custom build saluting one of Mayer's heroes, but Joe Bonamassa has confirmed that the guitar is the real deal
Adrian Belew on the time Seymour Duncan set fire to his Strat – and inadvertently created the first relic’d guitar By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Belew had sought the expertise of his friend Seymour Duncan to fix his “ugly-ass guitar” – but he didn’t expect his trigger-happy solution
Ritchie Blackmore's first Strat came from Eric Clapton's collection By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Blackmore might be a Stratocaster icon now, but if it wasn’t for a bargain deal courtesy of Eric Clapton’s roadie, he may never have been
