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Yngwie Malmsteen in-store signings


Yngwie Malmsteen will be doing a number of in-store signing sessions on his current UK tour.

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Fender at London International Music Show

We'll be at this years show 12th - 15th June at London's Excel Venue

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PROJECT VG

Fancy checking out a VG Stratocaster® ?

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Award winning guitar!

AWARD WINNING GUITAR! - Fender has scooped the prestigious Music Industries association (MIA)'s Music Award for best Electric guitar.

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Fender @ Music Live

November 2nd - 4th NEC, Birmingham

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Eric Clapton: The Autobiography

To commemorate the publication of Eric Clapton: The Autobiography we have teamed up with Waterstone’s to offer you the chance to win a fantastic Fender guitar just like Eric’s.

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NEW! Limited Edition Stratocaster® in Seminole Red

The Fender® Custom Shop is proud to announce a limited U.K run of 10 Heavy Relic 1960 Strat® guitars in Seminole Red. Read more about this rare gem...

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NEW! White Lightning Amps

With only 200 pieces in the U.K, the Hot Rod Deluxe™ White Lightning amp is truly an object of desire!

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Joe Strummer Telecaster®

Coming to a music store near you any day now: The Joe Strummer Telecaster. Read all about this amazing new Artist guitar and get the info on the man himself.

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Meet Air Traffic

Our tenacious reporter Nigel Trimmington met with up and coming south coast band Air Traffic, whose debut album Fractured Life is now on release.

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Fender Rocks The Wireless Festival!

This year, we were a major sponsor of London's Wireless Festival. Thousands of music lovers gathered to share the Fender love. Catch the sights of the festival here.

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Come to the Fender Lounge!

The Fender Lounge is open and you are invited. Come and share your views and make friends with other Fender players...

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Meet Joe Headstock

Another first for Fender - our very own cartoon strip! Joe Headstock is a Fender-crazy guitarist. Follow his adventures and have a laugh on us...

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Princeton® Recording-Amp Impresses the Critics

Our new retro/modern Princeton® Recording-Amp has been causing a stir among the critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Here is the latest review from the U.K's Guitar Buyer Magazine

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Interview with Stuart Hartland from The Twang

They're one of the biggest new bands of 2007. With a new album and a string of sell-out dates this year, we managed to track down The Twang's gifted guitarist Stuart Hartland.

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Q & A With Bryan Adams

We e-mailed record-breaking singer/songwriter and avid Fender player Bryan Adams. Bryan, who is in the middle of his 14-country European Tour spoke candidly about his early musical experiences, his first Fender guitar and much more! Check out his answers here...

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A Pint & a Chat With The Mystery Jets

We managed to track down one of England's most eccentric and talented bands, The Mystery Jets in an East End boozer, where we chin-wagged about Syd Barrett, tree houses and the Royal Family...

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NEW PRODUCTS 2007

Here is a full run-down of our brand new guitars, basses and amplifiers for 2007 - coming to your local Fender Authorised Dealer soon...

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Instant Classics!

The Classic Player 50s and 60s Stratocaster® guitars have just scored a near-perfect rating in Guitarist magazine. Read it here...

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B-DEC™ 30 HAILED BY U.S. CRITICS

The brand new B-DEC™ amplifier has been impressing U.S critics. Be the first in the U.K to read the reviews - right here!

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NEW - THE G-DEC® 30

An upgraded version of our top-selling, award-winning Guitar Digital Entertainment Center (G-DEC), the revolutionary amplification system that makes your own practice sessions sound like a full band!

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Hendrix Guitar Sells for $168,000

A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix sold at auction for $168,000. Read up on the background and the specs of this object of desire.

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Ten Fender Tales

We asked you to tell us your Fender stories. Here are our 10 favourite stories. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin...

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A Pint and a Chat with Badly Drawn Boy

One of British music’s most familiar faces, Badly Drawn Boy speaks to Fender about life, love and guitars…

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A Pint and a Chat with Hugh Cornwell

Our fearless reporter Nigel Trimmington had a curry and a pint with ex-Stranglers frontman and solo guitarist/vocalist Hugh Cornwell. Help yourself to a poppadom and drop in on what they had to say…

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Q & A With Sonny Curtis

We meet Sonny Curtis - legendary songwriter and guitarist with both Buddy Holly and The Crickets.

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A Pint and a Chat with Al Murray, Pub Landlord

We tracked down Britain's favourite pub landlord, Al Murray behind the bar of his boozer, The Cowshed and asked him the questions that matter...

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Q & A with Yngwie Malmsteen

We hooked up with guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteen in cyberspace and quizzed him on a number of issues...

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A Pint and a Chat with Faithless

Laydeez and gentlemen... meet Aubrey Nunn and Dave Randall, the guitarist and bassist from one of Britain’s most successful live acts – Faithless.

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Duff MaKagan in-store signing session

Legendary Fender® Signature artist Duff McKagan did a number of in-store signing sessions during Velvet Revolver's recent UK tour

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UPDATE: Bryan Adams signed Everyman Guitar raises £2,350.00

Check out our special packs of strings at your nearest Fender Authorised dealer and help us raise money for a worthy cause. Plus bid for a signed guitar!

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Exclusive! Biffy Clyro Interview

On the release of their fourth and best album Puzzle, we met Simon Neil and James Johnston from Ayrshire three-piece Biffy Clyro backstage at London's Roundhouse.

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Tele® Guitar Signed by Led Zeppelin raises £27,000

A Fender® Telecaster® guitar signed by the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin has recently been sold at auction for £27,000.

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Fender Video Diary - 02 Wireless Festival

We were out in full force at the recent 02 Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park. Our film crew caught up with Queens Of The Stone Age, Badly Drawn Boy, Editors, Faithless, Klaxons and many more! See the sights and hear the sounds of London's biggest annual music festival.

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The One and Only Bromheads Jacket!

We caught up with fast-rising band Bromheads jacket in the middle of one of their customary gruelling tours. Famed for their dynamic stage performances, sharp lyrics and ferocious guitar-smashing, the band's guitarist and vocalist Tim Hampton and bassist Jono West chewed the fat with our man with the mic, Nigel Trimmington.

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Interview With The Maccabees

We bumped into one of Britain's brightest new bands, The Maccabees. Along the way we spoke of guitars, Smurfs and the wave machine at the Latchmere Leisure Centre...

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A Pint and a Chat with Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack

With their 2007 album, A Weekend In The City entering the charts at number 2, times are good for London-based quartet Bloc Party. We met their guitarist Russell Lissack…

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A Pint and a Chat with Placebo

Our mascara-wearing music missionary Nigel Trimmington chatted to Placebo about “noise terrorism”, Star Trek and guitars that are big enough to live in.

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Morrissey's Guitarist Speaks!

Now entering his seventeenth year as guitarist/songwriter and musical director for Morrissey, Former Polecats guitarist Boz Boorer takes time out to talk to us about his guitars, his love of music and much more besides…

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Pink Floyd Guitar Fetches £33,000 For Charity

A special 'Dark Side Of The Moon' Stratocaster® guitar has been auctioned in London, raising £33,000 for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

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Mark Knopfler Makes Dream Come True!

Mark Knopfler makes a special guest appearance making one child's wish come true and raising £20,000 for charity.

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THE SPIRIT OF ROCK-N-ROLL™