A guitar is much more than a set of strings being dragged over a piece of timber. It is a narrator–a tool which could whisper ...

The neck makes the body and the headstock, which make you feel the guitar in your hand. Fingerboards of maple, rosewood, or ...

If you're wishing to take up the guitar, the world of the electric – with all those makes and models and pedals and amps – can be more than a little daunting. You're far better off starting with the ...

Gigging musicians will often lug around a number of electric guitars to play during a set, each offering up something different – whether that's a special tone, a favored feel or a preferred look. But ...

Zoybar is a like Meccano for music. It's an open-source guitar kit which you put together yourself, and the modular parts can be arranged in many combinations to make differently shaped instruments.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? An electric guitar can be a rewarding woodworking project that doesn’t require a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future/Phil Barker When I am composing and arranging music, I like to think as an ...

Acoustic players looking to augment the natural sound of their guitars with live effects may well have to succumb to a world of cables, amps and stomps to do so. Ofer and Helene Webman out of Phoenix, ...

From the earliest days of the electrified guitar through rock’n’roll, rockabilly, punk, and classic rock, the hollowbody has seen the lot. Sure, it might have come under threat from the convenience ...

In this lesson, we’ll be looking at an unaccompanied acoustic piece. The tempo marked is approximate as this was played ‘freehand’ without a metronome. Flatpicking is a bit of a catch-all term since ...