Are there two more iconic guitars than the Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Stratocaster? We’d wager probably not. These two behemoths of music history have consistently found themselves in the hands of ...

The Les Paul is arguably the most recognizable and iconic electric guitar to ever feature in Gibson’s lineup, but had history panned out slightly differently, it might not have been a Gibson model at ...

Sam Fender is a young up-and-comer making big waves in the music industry. Known for his high tenor voice, Fender was born and raised in England. Though he’s still best known to U.K.-based listeners, ...

Innovation is about more than the people who create a product, or the companies that back them. The history of the electric guitar shows that the musicians who worked the instrument were as much a ...

How exciting, telling rock's story via the development of the solid-body electric guitar, the music's defining instrument. Former San Francisco Weekly Music Editor Ian Port accomplishes this in a fast ...

Before Jimi Hendrix infamously and famously lit his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, he kissed it first. He sparked a match, threw it on his black Fender Stratocaster, poured lighter fluid ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Fender timed its original announcement of the Troublemaker Tele perfectly, unveiling its Les Paul ...