It’s been a whirlwind year for British guitar sensation Sophie Lloyd, who went from being one of the most prominent players online to performing in arenas with Machine Gun Kelly, as well as releasing ...

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“The process of music is from brain to someone’s ear, basically. The less that gets in the way of that little journey, the better,” Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones once said. “Strings are the link ...

BURBANK — For decades, guitarists have stood on stage and had to adjust their playing when, after bending, pulling and tugging on their strings, one of them suddenly pops. The folks at the Ernie Ball ...

Getting your guitar set up and maintained properly is vital to playing well and sounding great. If your guitar strings can’t resonate and intonate properly you’re automatically at a disadvantage. So ...

Paul Kincaid once made a bass guitar out of an old, double-edged axe. He then carried it outside, and used it to limb a tree. It needed tuning afterward, but it still sounded great. More than fifteen ...

String bends, tapping, vibrato and whammy bars are all techniques that add to the distinctiveness of a lead guitarist's sound, whether it's Clapton, Hendrix, or BB King. Now guitarist and physicist Dr ...