The Acoustasonic series started out as Fender's moon shot at re-inventing the acoustic guitar for the modern age, but its ambitions quickly expanded to become much broader. Equipped with three ...

Four years into Fender’s Acoustasonic project, it still seems to be a misunderstood guitar series in some quarters. It’s not a best of both worlds acoustic/electric guitar – such a proposition would ...

When Roberto Baldwin wrote about the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster for Engadget back in January of 2019 he said, “This is a seriously impressive instrument that will more than likely win over ...

Last month, Fender launched its third Acoustasonic hybrid acoustic, and we got to play with the Jazzmaster and interview the company's R&D chief. Now Master Builder Ron Thorn has given the Custom Shop ...

After Tele and Strat models, Fender is taking its Acoustasonic series into a brave new world of tone with its latest Jazzmaster model; the acoustic / electric hybrid guitar is packing a humbucker as ...

When I tested out the Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster earlier this year, I was admittedly skeptical. One of the biggest reasons was the price. I just couldn’t justify $2,000 for something so niche. But ...

The Jazzmaster has long been the misunderstood teenager of the Fender guitar family: it’s brilliant, but the olds just don’t take it seriously because of its scruffy shoes and weird hair. This, though ...

Owners and prospective buyers of Fender’s American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster guitar are being encouraged to ring a special hotline to get advice about using the instrument. As part of a new ...

Innovation doesn’t come very often to the world of guitars. But the recent uptake in demand for musical instruments – spurred on by idle thumbs and fingers twiddling during lockdown – has seen record ...

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The Acoustasonic Player Jazzmaster ships with Fender's Dura-Tone 860CL Coated Phosphor Bronze in a 011-.052 gauge set. We're not convinced from the amount of string noise we experienced that they're ...