Another addition to our bass player roster, legendary Bay Area Thrasher Matt Camacho of Forbidden, now proudly playing his Tremor bass. With a new album in the works, Forbidden promise to keep the thrash genre in the forefront of current metal styles. Listen to the new song and check out the photos of the band's recent shows, lots of great shots of Matt an his Tremor on their myspace page: myspace.com/forbidden__evil

Static X We welcome Static X lead guitarist Koichi Fukuda to the Fernandes family of artists, joining his bandmate and long time Fernandes endorsee Tony Campos, who will be releasing his signature bass this summer. Watch out for Koichi playing his Revolver guitars on current tour, alongside Tony and his Tremor. basses

Criminal Joining our familia of latin endorsees, we welcome Chile's main metal band Criminal, fronted by singer/guitarist Anton Reissenegger, who just released their latest album 'WHITE HELL' and is ready to hit the stages with his Vortex and Monterey guitars. 'Criminal is an iconic band in the history of South American metal, world class thrash at it's best. We are very proud to welcome them onboard' adds Fernandes spokesperson Alfonso Pinzon.

Spineshank Spineshank have returned full force, working on an upcoming album and touring the US with Disturbed. Frontman Jonny Santos, also singer/guitarist of Silent Civilian, who have also been working on a new full-lenght, wont trade his Fernandes Revolver guitars for any other, they are part of every recording and every show.

A Plea For Purging has announced the dates of their first-ever headlining tour to support their recently released album 'Depravity', out on Facedown Records, which features plenty Fernandes firepower courtesy of Revolver and Dragonfly Deluxe guitars

Kidneythieves Another new Fernandes artist, Kidneythieves' Bruce Somers, now working on his musical projects with his recently-acquired Ravelle Baritone and Monterey guitars, empowered by -what else- the mighty Fernandes Sustainer

Heislegend North Carolina's post-hardcore Solid State outfit He Is Legend also on tour, Adam's Monterey guitars and Worth's Ravelle guitars are proudly on stage every show.

Another Fernandes band on tour, The Devil Wears Prada, currently on the Sweet Brag Tour and continuing on into Warped Tour '09. Keep an eye for Jeremy and Chris rocking out with their Gravity basses and Monterey guitars.

Two German endorsees are now also part of our family of artists, guitar virtuoso Detlef 'Dethy' Borchardt with his Vertigo guitar, and charismatic female bass player Angie Taylor with her Ravelle Bass, recently seen waving our flag at 2009 Musikmesse.
Willkommen Bei Fernandes Guitarren!

Fernandes took over a large section of the exhibit floor at music industry's biggest trade show, held in Frankfurt April1 - 4, with the invaluable support of Fernandes distributor in Germany, Ahead Music. Over 100 guitars and basses were displayed at this event, that gathered 80,000 people over 4 days, including music biz executives, press, musicians and music-lovers from all over the world under one roof.

Read the Musikmesse Report