A tribute to the Fender Stratocaster guitar in its 70th electric year from a fan who, aged 14, watched in awe as Jimi Hendrix played
If you were asked to think of an electric guitar, you would most likely picture a Strat, which has been the favourite ...
Irish Examiner23d
An interactive map of Rory Gallagher's guitar
The guitar neck was replaced ... one of the most fashionable things about the Fender Stratocaster was that it had this unique Tremolo,” says Dónal. “Americans call it a whammy bar.
Guitar Player on MSN13d
The world’s first seven-string Fender Stratocaster is here
Fender looks set to enter new territory after a prototype seven-string Stratocaster has been unveiled amid talks of “a bigger ...
Orange County Register29d
Leo Fender would have been 115 years old this year, here’s a look at his legacy in OC
The Telecaster was the first commercially successful, mass-produced, solid-body electric guitar. It featured a truss rod that reinforced the neck ... shade for Fender. The Stratocaster’s most ...
American Songwriter24d
Fender Launches New “Sports Car” of Guitars With the American Ultra II
In 2019, Fender ... Stratocaster, Stratocaster HSS, Telecaster, Meteora, Jazz Bass, Jazz Bass V, Meteora Bass, and Precision Bass with upgraded features including a quartersawn maple neck in ...
Irish Sun21d
Last-ditch swoop saves Irish music legend’s iconic guitar as Government confirm it’s ‘coming home’ after €841k sale
The 1961 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar fetched just over €841,000 at auctionCredit: Alamy Live News But while other Rory memorabilia in the sale fetched sky-high prices, Rory's most ...
BreakingNews.ie22d
Rory Gallagher’s famous Stratocaster guitar sold for over €1m
A Fender Stratocaster guitar which belonged to rock and blues musician Rory Gallagher is to be donated to the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) after it sold at auction in London. The guitar ...
RTE Online18d
Rory Gallagher's €1m Fender Stratocaster to end up in Cork
The final home for Rory Gallagher's €1m signature Fender Stratocaster guitar will be Cork. That is according MD of MCD, Denis Desmond who was one of the people instrumental in purchasing the ...
New Atlas24d
Review: Fender's ultra-modern American Ultra II Telecaster
You could argue that the American Ultra II is a blasphemy against the purity of Leo ... toward Stratocaster territory. It doesn't feel nearly as planky. Even the neck heel is smoothly contoured ...
The Irish Times22d
Rory Gallagher’s signature Stratocaster to be donated to national museum after selling for more than €1m at auction
Irish rock and blues musician Rory Gallagher’s signature Fender Stratocaster guitar will be donated to the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) after it was sold for £700,000 (approximately € ...
TheJournal.ie22d
Rory Gallagher’s Fender Stratocaster bought at auction for €1 million to be donated to Irish State
Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...
The Irish Times25d
Tánaiste hints State could move to secure Rory Gallagher’s guitar at London auction
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has hinted that one of the State’s cultural institutions could move to buy the late Irish rock star Rory Gallagher’s signature Fender Stratocaster guitar, which goes ...