From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more ...

A guitar without strings is much less useful than one with them - though you may be able to use an acoustic model as a percussion instrument. It’s important, then, to get the best strings for ...

The 12-string guitar has brought emotion and colour to the world of music. But what are the most iconic songs to showcase the instrument? Read more here.

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t ...

In a partnership with D'Addario, SM Hanson is offering free guitar restringing for people who recycle their old strings April 19.

Nylon-string electro acoustics have been having a moment ever since Polyphia released Playing God, but at just $270 this ...

Weirdest: “In my mind, they’re all unusual because 12-strings aren’t a popular kind of guitar. Years ago, I commissioned a fantastic musician to make me a 12-string guitar that was small ...

Hidden Gem Guitars, a shop selling guitars in the Brown Building in downtown Flossmoor, celebrated its two-year anniversary 5 ...