The minimalist composer and collaborator with Jim Jarmusch is electrifying a 24-string relic — and scandalizing classical ...

I remember the first time I saw Eddie Van Halen on MTV, the way he played two hands on the fingerboard during his short “Jump” guitar solo. I loved his cool “Frankenstein” guitar, so named because he ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

Will's prompt got me thinking. Glenn Branca renders his music on a huge scale: Many of his signature works are long pieces scored for extremely loud forces of alternately tuned (and often rebuilt) ...

The fingerstyle guitarist and genre-blending singer-songwriter recently released her debut record on the historic Blue Note ...

There are times when a trend happens so fast that it’s just like being hit in the face with an ice cold towel, and then there are times when it’s so slow moving that you can feel something happening, ...

Electric guitars have been the foundation of many types of our most popular music styles for decades now, and over that time a lot of funky and oddball instruments have been designed. The mid-1970s ...

If you dream of starting a band (or just rocking out in your garage), you’re likely going to want an electric guitar. And if you’ve never strummed one before, you’re definitely going to want one ...

The birth of the electric guitar created a new genre of music: rock ‘n’ roll. But the inventors who developed the solid-body electric guitar, Leo Fender and Les Paul, could hardly have imagined the ...

The electric guitar is one of the world’s most enduring symbols of rock and roll, with classic designs like the fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul remaining musical icons. Many of the musicians ...

If you are a budding shredder, taking your first steps into the realms of high gain, or a more experienced player looking to serve your occasional inner metalhead, the Spira S-450 TPP is a great ...