Fender

The retailer says it is stepping in on behalf of makers as Fender seeks to enforce copyright claims tied to the Stratocaster body shape.

Fender’s late-’60s wallpaper finishes were widely considered a commercial flop, causing owners to paint over them in droves. Decades later, a routine finish-stripping session by a master luthier shocked the gear world—and completely redefined the value of a "bad paint job."

PRS confirms it received a cease-and-desist letter over the Silver Sky — John Mayer’s massively successful signature model. But does this latest target meet Fender’s copyist criteria?

The 1950s guitar was perhaps regretfully sold, with one Tele obsessive the beneficiary of a bad decision

Two of his signature Fender and Martin guitars are made in Mexico