Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI

Fender CEO Edward 'Bud' Cole compared bandmates and cover songs to analog AI in an interview celebrating the Telecaster's 75th anniversary. The comments resurfaced amid backlash against Fender's cease-and-desist letters to guitar builders over the Stratocaster's body shape, leading some influential guitar YouTubers to pledge to stop buying Fender gear.