Sandberg unveils the Florence Bass, a small bass with a giant humbucker
(Image credit: Sandberg) German luthier Sandberg has unveiled an appealing small package in the form of a new short-scale, single-pickup passive bass design called the…
The Guitar Center Presidents’ Day sale has arrived, score 35% off big-name brands – including $400 off a Gibson Les Paul
(Image credit: Vox, Line 6, Squier, Gibson) Presidents’ Day is officially here, and so is the official Guitar Center Presidents’ Day sale! The music retail…
Kansas’s Rich Williams: “Strats are a mystery to me. I’d watch guys like Eric Johnson play a Strat and get such a beautiful sound, yet when I pick it up, it just sounds horrible!”
(Image credit: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) One of America’s preeminent progressive rock outfits, Kansas, are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, with the band set…
Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N’ Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened
(Image credit: 1016vortex/YouTube) On June 6, 1992 (opens in new tab), Guns N’ Roses headlined the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris. Touring on the strength…
Rhett Shull teams up with Port City Amps for the Grandville – a head and combo inspired by an early ’50s Gibson amp
(Image credit: Port City Amps) Session ace and influential social media guitarist Rhett Shull has partnered with Port City Amps for a new collaborative guitar…
Why Steve Vai’s vibrato is unlike any other guitar player’s – and how he came up with his innovative ‘circular’ approach
(Image credit: Mariano Regidor/Redferns) Vibrato is, in essence, a guitar player’s calling card. It signifies the intent of the note, and indeed, the intensity, with…
Researchers have engineered a one-of-a-kind glass pick, said to be capable of tones that “cannot be obtained with conventional guitar picks”
(Image credit: Shigeru Fujino) Unless you’re a devout fingerstyle player, chances are you have a favorite type of guitar pick, be it a particular gauge…
Solar adds four mid-priced models to Dimebag Darrell-inspired Type-X electric guitar lineup
(Image credit: Solar Guitars) Earlier this month, Solar Guitars – the ever-busy electric guitar company led by YouTube guitarist Ola Englund – introduced its new…