Keith Richards has put a name to those differences, highlighting the simple but effective guitar trick at the heart of The Rolling Stones.

Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

Guitar culture loves a big purchase. New pickups, vintage amps, pedals that promise magic in a metal box. Those things can be ...

Even bass players can use Tonebridge. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The iPad has many, many amazing effects apps for making music, and several high-level apps just for emulating guitar amplifiers ...

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When you think of a guitar what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a simple maple acoustic, the kind played by countless singer-songwriters over the years, or perhaps a double-necked mahogany electric, favored ...

Everything starts with tuning; and if you're a guitarist it's a burden you have to accept. Pianists? They have it easy! Set and forget. But every time you pick your guitar up to play you'll need to ...

Anthony Dickens had an idea for a new kind of guitar for more than 10 years, but work on a prototype only started two years ago. Now with the help of engineers from London's Makerversity, the Circle ...

In the 60s a musical recording technique called the “wall of sound” came to prominence which allowed artists to create complex layers of music resulting in a novel, rich orchestral feeling. While this ...

Does painting an electric guitar change the sound? It's a question that's been on the mind of the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, who's been catching flak among gearheads on the internet for ...