Before all the intimidating tutorials and complicated music theory, one question must be answered: What electric guitar should you buy?

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For as far back as we are able to look into the prehistory of the human race, music has been a crucial part of the life of humans. Some scholars even speculate that human music may have come before ...

Incendiary sounds shooting like fireworks off the strings of an electric guitar have defined pop music around the world for 70 years. Credit Adolph Rickenbacker (1887-1976) for this world-wide wonder ...

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Phillip McKnight’s love affair with Stratocaster guitars started at age 15 when he got a counterfeit version of the Fender icon—and an amp—for $120. Today, the former guitar shop owner’s prized ...

An ambitious new book provides fascinating insights into the history of the instrument, diving into its place in society and pop culture Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, & Revolution ...

You’ve decided to pick up an axe and learn to shred like one of the pros. While mastering the guitar is no easy feat itself, before you even start jamming you’ll probably find yourself looking through ...

How is it that in a book as rich in description, as full of imagist sound-summonings, spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars as Ian S. Port’s The Birth of Loud, ...

Picking a set of the best electric guitar strings should be easy, but with so wide a variety out there, it can be difficult to settle on your perfect match. As one of the crucial elements of your ...

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