Fender Releases Terri Clark and Billy Corgan Signature Guitars

Fender has added a couple more to the ranks of artists bearing signature guitar endorsements – joining names such as Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

• A Terri Clark signature acoustic guitar has been introduced featuring a traditional design with her initials inlayed in abalone and pearl on the headstock. The renowned country music star says her guitar playing has helped sustain her throughout her career. “I truly believe I may not have achieved what I have if I had not been a player,” she notes. “I accompanied myself through every live label and publishing audition and played for tips so I could buy bread and milk when I first moved to Nashville.”

• Fender’s new Billy Corgan Strat guitar is a Strat designed for the new millennium and built for modern high-gain sound.  Made to Corgan’s exact specs to create his famous mid-’90s buzzsaw tone, this instrument features three DiMarzio pickups (two custom for this instrument), a string-through hardtail bridge and a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish.