Choosing the best acoustic guitar for your personal needs is a tough one. With so many options on offer these days it’s not surprising that many find themselves faced with option paralysis when ...

Iowa City's Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand is known in prominent nationwide orchestral circles for his exquisitely crafted string ...

If the nut's slots are cut too narrow or low for the strings it can cause issues. In my experience, if you suspect your nut may have issues it's well worth taking it to a pro – a custom carved bone ...

Speaking to Guitar World in 2014, the Animals As Leaders maestro recalls the grueling salmon cannery and poop-scooping dog kennel jobs that helped him save for his first Vai signature model, and discu ...

One of 2024’s standout metal guitarists on what it’s like to be compared to Tosin Abasi, why nothing compares to his ESP ...

The Billy Strings comments really got me chuckling though. Obviously Slash can’t keep up with Bill on an acoustic guitar because Billy many be the best on the planet but I sure expected Slash to put ...

We’ve carried out many of these upgrades on our own guitars and seen the improvements for ourselves, so let’s get cracking… 1. Change string gauge Probably the simplest and easiest way to ...

SCOTT BURKHART IS THE FOUNDER OF BROKEN STRINGS, A NONPROFIT CREATED TO PROVIDE KIDS WITH GUITARS. ATTEMPTING TO GIVE AWAY A GUITAR TO A STUDENT IN EVERY IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT. WATCHING THE KIDS ...

Is it a gimmick that will go the way of the briefly popular but always hugely uncool synth guitar?  Or a revolutionary ...

Wax & String”, the new hard rocking, fuzzy single by Shannon and The Clams kicks off with driving rhythm guitar and vocals ...

American Heartland rocker John Calvin might not be the first name one thinks of when considering modern soul singers, yet his ...