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 strings ...

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...

Tackling your favorite rock and metal songs when learning guitar can be intimidating. But with Fret Zealot, it doesn't have to be. We've covered how Fret Zealot is an all-encompassing guitar ...

In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...

From the Guitar Techniques archive, we ask a great guitarist all those little questions you really do want the answers to. First up, Paul Gilbert... GT: Do you have a type of pick that you can't live ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Is there any way to get rid of the dreaded string screech when playing acoustic? I recorded ...