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Video of Cybertruck driving on California highway reveals more questions

A video just surfaced showing the Tesla Cybertruck driving around LA. Elon Musk is purportedly driving, but it’s not confirmed that he was behind the wheel while this video was filmed. However,

Fender’s Acoustasonic Telecaster does electric/acoustic double duty

The electric guitar has been floating around in some form or another since the early 1930s. But given how much the instrument dominated the music landscape for the latter half of the 20th century, int

Fender’s new connected amps will help beginners find the perfect tone

Fender’s second app, Tone, is far more ambitious than its predecessor. In fact, it’s the first smartphone app I can recall that’s launched alongside a trio of amplifiers. It’s not necessary to

Fender’s guitar-tuning app arrives on Android

In August, Fender’s slow expansion into non-guitar products continued with Fender Tune, a guitar-tuning app for iOS. It wasn’t anything exceptional as far as guitar-tuning apps go, but it was p

Fender will release a Bluetooth guitar amp designed for use with its mobile apps

Fender’s guitars are classic Americana – like a 57 Chevy or a pan of Jiffy Pop. From a design perspective, they’ve gone largely unchanged since the early/mid 50s, with the Stratocaster and Telec

Of course Fender’s first app is a guitar tuner

Well, sure. If you’re Fender and you’re looking to join the mobile app race, of course you’re going to start with a tuner. The straightforwardly named Fender Tune marks the latest in the iconic

Fender’s first foray into headphones sounds great

I was cynical at first. I mean, I still have some underlying (if not entirely well-founded) suspicions that Fender’s new line of in-ear monitors is part of a bigger play to expand beyond its customa

Fender cashes in its cool with consumer in-ear monitor headphones

After 70 years of rocking musicians with its guitars and amps, Fender today released its first general consumer product: a range of headphones that double as in-ear monitors for performers. They sound

Fender Goes Digital So You Don’t Quit Guitar

Ninety percent of people trying to learn guitar quit in the first year. That's a big problem for the musical instrument industry, but also a big opportunity for one of the top guitar makers -- Fender.

Review: Squier By Fender Strat Guitar With USB Connection

The Squier Strat by Fender (or Squier by Fender Strat or however they want to name this thing) is one of the first guitars with a built-in digital signal processor. The guitar plugs right into any com

Bored guitarist builds Lego amp in a week

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lego3.jpg" />Looks like someone had a lot of time to kill. Dave Chatterson guitarist built a <a href="http://www.fender.com/products//sea

DIY cigar box amplifier

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cigarboxamp.jpg" />Not much detail here, but some creative soul squeezed a Fender amp into an old cigar box. Although not entirely practi

There's a Fender on my table! No, there's a table on my Fender!

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/delux_strat_1.jpg"> If you're a big shred head, why not totally show off your rockstar moves with this odd, <a HREF="http://www.fendercu

Rock Band Fender Strat Unveiled

As a guitarist, Guitar Hero is both very fun and very annoying. It’s hard unlearning guitar to play a video game, despite how fun the GH series is. The next installment, Rock Band will feature a

Fender Keychain Tuner

Here’s a great stocking stuffer for anyone in the family that plays a guitar. The Strobe-e Keychain Tuner is a guitar tuner, flashlight and to top it off with a musicians feel, a bottle opener. To u