In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind ...
Conventional wisdom dictates that the pointy end of a pick is what you use to pluck the strings. The broader top is where you ...
If you've tried to digitally capture a guitar performance or turn your six-string into a powerful MIDI synth using an interface or special pickup, you'll no doubt be familiar with signal lag and pitch ...
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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 ...
When Swedish metal icons Meshuggah unleashed their mighty, low down, single-string riffs on Nothing in 2002, the meaning of the word heavy was henceforth redefined. From then, the 8-string guitar has ...
Paul McCartney is so famous and beloved that anything connected to the musician is important to his fans, and those who are still obsessed with The Beatles. This means that throughout the years, ...
Stretching guitar strings using finger and thumb can be a very fiddly pain in the behind. String Stretcha makes the process a lot less random and a whole lot easier. Made from a crush-resistant epoxy ...
Perry and B.C. Rich go way back. Here the Aerosmith guitarist looks back on the most outlandish guitar the brand ever made ...
How do great guitarists bend a string like Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix? One scientist sought to figure out how legendary performers make great music. " Very good guitarists will manipulate the ...