Fender Japan’s electric guitar credentials are well-known in six-string circles. Purveyor of some of the most desirable builds in recent memory, the Big F’s Japanese branch has in recent months ...

Fender is a historic American brand and many of its most prized instruments are still built in California. Yet some of its most hotly discussed releases originate from the other side of the world.

Fender Japan's guitars have always been just a little bit different from their global models. (Photo courtesy of Fender Japan) Japanese guitar culture is, was, and always will be a beast of its own — ...