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6 Guitar Brands To Check Out If You're Avoiding Fender

If you're voting with your dollars, there are some fantastic alternatives!

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Brian K. Jones
Jun 01, 2026
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There has been some recent controversy surrounding Fender. It turns out that, while their Stratocaster body shape was not originally protected explicitly by copyright, Fender recently won a lawsuit in Germany supporting the idea that the Stratocaster body is a unique work of expression, and that Fender’s pocketbook should be protected from forgeries and…

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