They’re a stubborn old lot, guitarists. Though we live in a world where a salvo of superb software can grant access to some ...

Guitarists are lusting after the sound of Portastudios and solid-state practice amps – tones that used to be derided in ...

When you feel like sounding like a rockstar without working too hard, you should try one of the songs on our list of 11 easiest electric guitar solos that sound good. I would love to be able to play a ...

Do you want your guitar to sound like farts instead of, you know, a guitar? Well, you're in luck. Musician and sound tinkerer Steve Gadlin has created The Fart Pedal, an unprecedented guitar effects ...

Are you ready to amp up your acoustic guitar to the MAXXXX? The ToneWoodAmp has got you covered. This surprisingly cool Kickstarter project is essentially a speaker that takes the sound coming in from ...

I bought my first tube amp last year, after playing guitar for about 25 years. Before then I’d been completely reliant on solid-state amps and digital models. It was a revelation. And then a few weeks ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

If you’ve been dissatisfied with your acoustic guitar sound of late and are looking for a new instrument, a holistic rebuild of your technique, or divine intervention, take a moment, breathe, and ...

Reinforcing its resume, which already includes placement on the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame, giants of the metal music genre Metallica released its 10 th-studio album Hardwired to Self Destruct a ...

“It makes it sound like those high notes are even harder to play because ... it becomes a search for “the other sounds.” You may want, say, “a guitar that sounds bad on purpose.” The rubber bridge ...

Despite being each other’s competition in the early 1990s rock scene, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana had a lot in common: musical innovation, devoted fans, producer Butch Vig, and, according to ...