FS1, a new 61-key Casiotone keyboard featuring Feel Sync, a technology designed to let users play along with their favourite music wi ...

Fender CEO Edward “Bud” Cole has finally acknowledged what has become increasingly difficult to ignore: the company’s controversial Stratocaster legal campaign did not go according to plan. In a new ...

Yamaha has expanded its acoustic guitar range with the introduction of the new FG7 and FS7 series, a collection of premium all-solid guitars crafted in Japan. The new range comprises both dreadnought ...

It had to happen eventually. Fender’s Stratocaster copyright campaign has spent months working its way through boutique builders, retailers and the odd household name, and now it has landed on the ...

Yngra Skye puts Steinberg’s spectral editor through its paces on an older Windows 10 machine, digging into vocal isolation, stem separation and everyday usability. I am new to SpectraLayers, though ...

When we published our first article on the Fender cease and desist campaign in mid May, we argued that the legal foundation of the campaign was weak, that the Düsseldorf default judgement would not ...

Use this tool to find the year and factory of manufacture for your Yamaha acoustic, classical or electric guitar. Simply enter select the type of guitar, either acoustic & classical or Electric, ...

The latest in our ongoing coverage of the Fender cease and desist campaign. Previous articles: Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four · Part Five When a legal dispute stays inside courtrooms and ...

The latest in our ongoing coverage of the Fender cease and desist campaign. Previous articles: Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four When most players think of Fender, they think of Leo Fender, ...

In early 2026, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation secured a legal ruling in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, that established copyright protection for the Stratocaster body shape under ...

Yamaha has added four new guitars to the second generation of its TransAcoustic series, with the TAG1C, TAS1C, TAG1E and TAS1E now joining the lineup. The announcement coincides with the 60th ...

Native Instruments GmbH, the Berlin‑based developer behind Kontakt, Maschine, Traktor and the wider Soundwide group (including iZotope, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx), has entered preliminary ...