A lthough not as well known as its more famous cousins, the J-45 and the Hummingbird, the Epiphone Masterbilt Texan could be ...

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 ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer wanted his Fender bass to sound more like an upright with CSNY, and he had a rather unique ...

Nikki Sixx said his life would probably have gone differently if he’d started out playing a good-quality guitar. Instead, his ...

“What he showed me was, you might not be a guitar god, but you could make a living.” The irony is that Billy Strings — in terms of the reverence he’s earned from a large and growing audien ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t ...

Although it’s true that bass strings last longer than standard guitar strings, I believe it’s important for the upkeep of your bass to regularly fit it with a fresh set. Not only do regular string ...

Shepherd now plays some of the most desirable boutique gear money can buy, but his own personal guitar journey started with a ...

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass ...

The guitar was built mostly from scratch using ... Three SoftPot membrane potentiometers were added to the neck to simulate strings. This setup allows [Gr4yhound] to adjust the finger position ...

When it comes to contemporary artists who push the boundaries of what music genres can be, fewer artists come to mind than ...

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass ...