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 ...

MusicRadar verdict: The Acoustasonic format remains an appealing and addictive instrument to have around. The standard here is high enough that players will mainly need to decide if the loss of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year we spoke to Fender CEO Andy Mooney about the company's plans for the Acoustasonic platform, and he suggested a more affordable South East Asian-made version would surface. That hasn't ...

SPECIAL MENTION: Fender’s new hybrid guitar ($1,999), based on its beloved vintage 1958 electric, goes beyond what prior electrified acoustics have offered to create a new sort of instrument for ...

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 ...

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 ...