It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will have a huge effect on how challenging it is to play. And that's a very individual thing; many of us ...

A guitar without strings is much less useful than one with them - though you may be able to use an acoustic model as a percussion instrument. It’s important, then, to get the best strings for ...

Martin Guitar is celebrating 30 years of collaboration with Eric Clapton with the release of two special anniversary ...

I connected with Paul Gilbert as he was taking some well-earned R&R – that’s rest and relaxation, not rock ’n’ roll – shortly after completing the final dates of Mr. Big’s global ...

Traditionalists might well prefer more ‘air’, while players at the gainier-end of the spectrum will be glad that this guitar performs well across the board. Classic and hard rock is its wheelhouse, ...

One of the most distinctive (and underrated) blues guitar players of his era, Jeff Healey adopted his radically unconventional approach to the instrument at a very young age ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered ...

For most guitarists out there, us included, changing strings is a chore. But one thing we all agree on is that it’s got to be done if you want to keep your guitar in tip-top shape and sounding the ...

Martin Guitar is celebrating 30 years of collaboration with Eric Clapton with the release of two special anniversary guitars—the 000-42EC 30th Anniversary and the 000-EC 30th Anniversary. Eric’s ...

The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room. By Zoë Lescaze In My Obsession, one creative person reveals their most ...

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