Upon plugging it in, nothing but static came from the amp connected to Gay’s Squier Stratocaster. At the time, it was a disappointment, but the hideous sound that came out of that guitar on Christmas ...

G&L Music Instruments, the Fullerton guitar-making shop launched by the legendary Leo Fender, has gone silent after 45 years. News of the company’s closure hasn’t been confirmed by anyone at G&L. But ...

The Les Paul is arguably the most recognizable and iconic electric guitar to ever feature in Gibson’s lineup, but had history panned out slightly differently, it might not have been a Gibson model at ...

George Fullerton, 86, a guitarist and design technician with guitar manufacturer Leo Fender, died July 4 at a hospital in Fullerton, Calif. He had congestive heart failure. While Fender tinkered away ...