r/fender • • 1h ago

General Discussion Are Fender Layoffs Coming?: 533 Jobs Cut at Corona Guitar Factory

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r/fender • • 3h ago

General Discussion Has anyone had Lace Holy Grails in your Stratocaster?

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r/fender • • 5h ago

Pickups Pots & Wiring Pawn Shop SRV coming together

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Some of you may remember I found a 1992 Rosewood SRV model in a pawn shop for $250 a couple months ago. But someone had put EMGs in it. It needed a fret dressing, and the saddles replaced.

I've spent time sourcing parts taking it back to what it's supposed to be and finally have to pickups coming in.

Should be in this week and it'll be all back together and ready to go.

I'll never have the originals unfortunately but I figure a set of Hand Wired Tru59 SV pickups would do.


r/fender • • 6h ago

Amps and Peripherals Pro tube series?

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r/fender • • 8h ago

General Discussion $32 Fender Cutting Board Becomes Working Telecaster

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YouTuber transforms a $32 Fender bamboo cutting board into a playable Telecaster. Yes, it actually works—and sounds like a real guitar.


r/fender • • 12h ago

Questions and Advice The right term arm for a Showmaster?

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It’s a made in Korea Showmaster. Trem floats with locking tuners.

I got it used and it never had an arm.

Anyone know what the right are is for these models with this bridge?


r/fender • • 12h ago

Questions and Advice Is this a Fender headstock shape?

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A while back, Mike Stringer from Spiritbox got two Jackson custom shop 7-string surfcasters. For the longest time, I assumed this was just a Fender headstock slapped onto a Jackson. Upon further inspection, it doesn’t look like any Fender headstock that I could find.

I thought that it might just look different because of the extra tuning peg. I compared it to the “Fender style” headstocks on the Charvel Angel Vivaldi and Jackson Josh Smith signature models and it looks totally different. It almost looks tele-adjacent imo.

Is this headstock shape on any Fender models or is it actually just a one-off? I asked r/jackson and they seemed as stumped as I am.


r/fender • • 19h ago

New Guitar Day! NGD - Player II Precision Bass

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I recently got a tone master pro and an FR-12 so I didn’t have to lug the big expensive box of glass tube amp, cabinet, and pedalboard to a friend’s place once a week and I saw that it had bass presets and whatnot. I was like, “How convenient! I don’t want to buy a bass amp, but I’ve always wanted to learn bass.” Unfortunately, I was one bass short of being able to learn bass. No more - this is my Player II Modified Precision Bass. It looks so cool and I’m looking forward to becoming the world’s shittiest bassist.

I was torn between the Precision Bass and a Mustang PJ but this yellow was too sharp.


r/fender • • 19h ago

Show and Tell Framed the logos from the boxes of my Taylor and strat. Wish I thought of this earlier.

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r/fender • • 19h ago

General Discussion New fender issue

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I ve got a new fender american pro classic strat today and i noted that it an issue. Wath can I do with it? painted with a clear lacuire?


r/fender • • 22h ago

General Discussion Fender Layoffs coming

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Saw some news that Fender submitted a warn notice that they plan to layoff 533 employees from the Corona site. Feel bad for those affected, and wondering how much is overall economy-driven vs how much is self-inflicted from the bad publicity of the past year’s litigation efforts.


r/fender • • 1d ago

Questions and Advice Fender flagship store in Tokyo, Japan

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Hey guys, so me and my friends are planning a trip to Japan next year. Now, I was going to get a Fender guitar, a $1100 one (after roughly exchanging my Polish money into dollars) this year after Christmas since I am still a teenager and get some money during holidays from my large family. The question I have is if anybody who's been in the store in Tokyo can say how expensive the guitars are over there? Is it possible to get a nice one under 1,5k? I know MIJ Fenders can cost quite a lot. Thank you in advance!


r/fender • • 1d ago

Project in Progress Recommendations for Daphne Blue to paint headstock to match body

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r/fender • • 1d ago

Questions and Advice New Am Pro Tele Questions

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r/fender • • 1d ago

General Discussion Fuck Fender data farming

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Just discovered that Fender changed Studio One’s name and host and because I had a very old fender account that I have created with facebook in like 2018, since I’m using the same e-mail as the Studio ONe account they say I MUST connect both accounts. I FUCKING PAYED FOR MY LICENSE. I’m not giving you shit of my data. I’ll just pirate another software. Fuck big companies. Fuck u fender


r/fender • • 1d ago

New Guitar Day! NGD

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r/fender • • 1d ago

Questions and Advice ¿Buena compra o debo esperar?

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r/fender • • 1d ago

Questions and Advice Recording with a Fender- just learned about single coil pick-ups and hum/buzz conundrum

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Hi everyone. I have a Fender Stratocaster Player 2 and just discovered the hum/buzz issue that comes with a single coil pick up guitar 😅 I've learned how to reduce the hum/buzz with my amp with a noise gate and turning gain down, but I'm having trouble eliminating the hum/buzz with my recordings. I've been using my usb driver (I have a BOSS Katana Gen 3 50w) and Reaper as my DAW. These are the issues I have when I play back my recordings:

  1. Hum/buzz
  2. Guitar playing does not sound as loud (this seems like an easy fix though)
  3. Guitar playing sounds a bit muffled, it could sound more clear.

My question is, what can I do to fix all of these issues? Has anyone worked with their Fender and Reaper, and have guidance or can point me in the direction of some tips? Also, it is worth it to get my guitar shielded at some point?


r/fender • • 1d ago

Listen to this! From the telecaster community on Reddit: Squier vintage modified cabronita tele

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r/fender • • 1d ago

Listen to this! Acoustasonic into ‘73 Twin Reverb

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It’s an outdoor venue so the amp could be heard as intended.


r/fender • • 1d ago

Listen to this! Rock style guitar solo in key of C on 1986 Fender Stratocaster Japan

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HI!

This is a rock style guitar solo played in the key of C, over the chords Am F C G. The guitar is a Japanese made 1986 Fender Stratocaster and the effects are from a Boss ME70.

#guitarsolo​ #guitar​ #fender​ #fenderstratocaster​ #tapping​ #fenderstrat​ #vintagestratocaster​ #vintagestrat​ #vintagefender​ #keyofc​ #strat​ #stratocaster​


r/fender • • 1d ago

Project in Progress Who makes the best Fender waterslide decal

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r/fender • • 1d ago

Questions and Advice Did I do well on this deal or no? First guitar

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r/fender • • 2d ago

ID and Authentication Help with Id, Stratocaster

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r/fender • • 2d ago

New Guitar Day! NGD: Fender American Stratocaster 2000: First American Fender.

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My first american fender. What a time to be alive. Already got a Mexican baja Telecaster which I Love. Now im also on the Strat team.

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