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“A lot of people say, ‘I can draga guitar behind my car and then sell it for that price.’ It’s like, ‘OK, go do itthen!” In the court of the Master Builders – Fender’s Custom Shop gurus spill the secrets of their trade

With Fender’s Custom Shop nearing its 40th anniversary, we catch up with two of its most sought-after Master Builders, Austin MacNutt and Andy Hicks, to talk Teles, Jazzmasters, mods and more

Guitar World

“Something you’ll hear a lot of is, ‘Oh, you didn’t earn that relicing.’ But people who like it aren't thinking of it like that”: The real reason why relicing is so popular, according to a Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilder

The pre-worn fad is sweeping the guitar community, but why do some deride the concept as ‘stolen valor’?

Guitar World

“This guy comes over, leaning on me. He said, ‘I’m sorry my guitar is such a pain in the butt’”: That time Eddie Van Halen visited the EVH workshop while they were building the Wolfgang

Fender Master Builder Andy Hicks hadn’t been in the job long before he received a visit from the guitar great, who came to oversee the making of his signature

Guitar World

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“Part of my soul is on stage with my favorite band every single night”: Fender Masterbuilder on what it’s like to watch his ultimate guitar hero play the Strat he made for him

Andy Hicks built Dave Murray a Custom Shop Strat for tour – and it’s since become his Number One guitar

Guitar World

“He proved to me long ago that Fender belongs in the world of heavy metal”: Fender honors Iron Maiden’s 50th Anniversary with a stable of limited signatures for Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers and Steve Harris

The UK metal titans’ triple guitar team and bassist have all been honored with a range of specially tailored signatures

Guitar World

Fender and Jackson celebrate 50 years of Iron Maiden with limited run signature models – including a Masterbuilt Dave Murray Strat that’ll leave you losfer words

Choose your fighter, Maiden fans, with four variations on the archetypical Superstrat including a Custom Shop doozy... And it is foot on the monitor time with that Harris P-Bass

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“At the push of a button, the legendary roar thunders through the amp”: Fender wrangles Godzilla for a monster guitar collaboration – featuring two company firsts

As well as an otherworldly $36,000 Custom Shop Stratocaster with a Godzilla roar button, two Made in Japan models are also packing some flashy new tech

Guitar World

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Fender Japan assembles all-star group of elite Masterbuilders for its most ambitious builds yet – the Deck O’ Cards Stratocasters

The four high-end builds, inspired by each suit from a deck of cards, represent the pinnacle of Fender Japan's guitar artistry

Guitar World

Disneyland-salvaged wood and guitars that literally smell as good as they look: Fender goes big on sustainability for unique California Streetwoods collection

Wild tonewood selections head-up the Custom Shop’s newest Masterbuilt range, which was created in partnership with Street Tree Revival

Guitar World

“A great testament to the passion, brilliance, talent and ingenuity of the Master Builders”: Fender’s latest Custom Shop Prestige Collection features some of the wildest guitars you’ll see in 2023

Feast your eyes on the Big F’s new collection of one-a-kind Masterbuilt Custom Shop creations

Guitar World

Dave Murray’s Iron Maiden touring rig has been revealed – it features a walnut-necked Masterbuilt Strat and Fractal Axe-Fx III amp modelling units

Watch tech Colin Price introduce Murray’s new number one Strat and run through his rig for Maiden’s epic The Future Past Tour

MusicRadar

Snooker star Sam Craigie faces punishment after replicating Ronnie O'Sullivan incident

Sam Craigie was trailing 3-1 in his first-to-four clash with Ricky Walden at the Scottish Open, when he decided enough was enough at the Meadowbank Sports Centre

Daily Mirror

Snooker star in hot water by replicating Ronnie O'Sullivan incident which cost him £20k

David Gilbert was seen channelling his inner Ronnie O'Sullivan after storming out of the arena during his German Masters qualifier match against Andy Hicks

Daily Mirror

Andy Hicks ‘haunted’ by Crucible disappointments as he plots long-awaited return

Hicks’ last World Championship appearance came in 2007

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