I'm delighted to report that the ANNIVERSARY STRAT book cover is finally taking shape. This is a rough draft of the front cover, which...

Abbey Road Studios in London yesterday morning. Did you know a project involving the creation of a certain Fender Anniversary...

IMAGE REMOVED! AWAITING PERMISSIONS FROM DISNEY Guess who is going to see this wonderful one-off Disney 75th Anniversary Stratocaster in...

I have to admit things will go quiet for a while. I'm certainly getting into the huge task of desktop publishing all the material, and...

Here are some draft sample pages extracted from Chapter 1. I'm still just just playing around with the layout, so this is not the final...

I'm delighted to report that I've just finished writing all the chapters in first draft form. The target was to get the first draft done...

I've just written the chapter on Fender senior master builder Yuriy Shishkov, and I can't stop reading it. From carving simple wooden...

While master guitar builder, musician and human dynamo Gene Baker might be known as "Mean Gene," in reality he's quite the opposite. I've...

I'm delighted to report that I've just written up another draft chapter. This time it was Fred Stuart's turn to answer all my questions,...

I had the pleasure of speaking with past Fender Senior Master Builder Art Esparza again today. We went over some of the topics we have...

I just got off the phone from speaking with Scott Buehl who has created so many special Custom Shop instruments, including this stunning...

I'm sure all you Fender nuts have seen this film by Forrest White before, but I'm typing up the material on Abby Ybarra right now, and...

If you meet this lady she's bound to be smiling - just check out all the photos of her at work in her cubicle at the Fender Custom Shop....

I've just written the draft section on Mark Kendrick; a guy who got the bug for guitars at the tender age of five. Mark's guitar playing...

The Anniversary Stratocaster book is on schedule for publication in October 2018, and I'm just writing up my interview with Scott Buehl....

Eagle-eyed regular visitors will have seen that I recently changed the provisional title of the book to Anniversary Stratocaster Stories....

Thanks to the folks at Latimer Trend for inviting me back for a tour and a discussion about the specification for my Anniversary...

I've been busy typing up all the material to ensure the book stays on schedule. However, I did manage to sneak away from the keyboard for...

If you are a Fender Anniversary Strat fan you will be familiar with Pamelina H and her art. I'm pleased to report that Pamelina has...

I was given the opportunity to photograph this very special 50th Anniversary Stratocaster prototype recently. The close-ups of the guitar...