Industry Insights

If the Stratocaster is the most copied guitar ever, the Telecaster is the guitar that invented everything. It was the first mass-produced solid-body in the world, and after 75 years it has remained virtually unchanged. But its history is full...

Recently, Fender sued a small Chinese trading company (let's call it Company A) in Europe, alleging that their electric guitars infringed on the body shape of ST guitars. Company A was clearly unable to fight back and quickly prepared to...