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THE FENDER LEAD series is a little bit like the Beatles’ U.S. Yesterday and Today album, or Queen’s Innuendo, or Led Zeppelin’s In Through the Out Door. It might not be your favorite thing they’ve ever done, but it’s really good and holds up far better after all these years than we might have thought back in the day. And that is a great thing.

To say Fender has been embracing its past of late is somewhat laughable. This is, after all, a company that is defined by its history. But when we think of Fender’s most noteworthy guitars, we obviously think about the

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