HISTORICALLY, FENDER LIKES to change or refresh its ranges every four or five years, and here, the new American Professional Classic range replaces the American Performer models we first saw in 2019.

Two new lower-end, similarly priced Stratocasters cater for both vintage and more modern tastes and blur the line between Fender’s USA and Mexican manufacturing. Which one has your name on it?

Not quite into Custom Shop territory, these beautiful builds possess just as much charm

Moving into four figures, there’s a considerable, very diverse choice of serious electrics

Not quite into Custom Shop territory, these beautiful builds possess just as much charm

More aged nitro finishes and a new US-made line-up that pares back the modernisms. Are our tastes changing? Max Gutnik, chief product officer at FMIC, tells all