Kick your blues jam sessions off with these essential open-position and moveable chord shapes. To avoid sounding the idle ...

“I love their simplicity…the stark chords of Link Wray and the stark single-note thing of Duane Eddy.” The stirring riff that opens “All Right Now,” a global hit for English band Free in ...

So while the horns basked in the limelight, guitarists had to make do strumming chords and comping in the background. But electric amplification changed everything for the role of the guitar in jazz.

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia took great pride in his guitars. Though he played many in his career, there are a handful of truly noteworthy axes that have stood the test of time. A true ...

Buying a new guitar cable is far from the most exciting thing you’ll ever do as a guitarist, but it’s certainly an essential piece of gear you can’t do without. Cheap cables break, usually at the most ...

Canadian Zachary Knowles, also known as "Ichabod Fame," shredded the competition to become the world champion of air guitar in Finland on Friday. Knowles captured the Air Guitar World ...

One of the many reasons we are attracted to playing guitar is the noise. Not just the sound of a riff well-played, but the sheer racket of it all; J Mascis’ judiciously-loud Marshall stacks, Josh ...