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

The acoustic guitar is a classic but old instrument, and these three artists made it cool in the era of electric guitar rock music.

Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...

For anyone nostalgic for a time when a guy who couldn’t sing could become a kind of pop superstar just through his command of chord progressions ... pick up an acoustic guitar and trade verses ...

Amazingly, the album would also stay on the US Billboard 200 chart for 139 weeks. But as the band’s lead ... But Easton’s twangy guitar playing was a key part of the song’s appeal - inspired, perhaps ...