A good tip is to play a fretted note, remember that pitch, then go down to a lower note and bend up to the required note.

On an early March weekend, as numerous musicians took the stage at venues across the city for the Back Porch Music Festival, ...

Created by Ibanez’s L.A. Custom Shop in 2012, Thundercat’s main axe is a highly customized Ibanez Artcore 6-string. It’s a ...

There’s an energy that usually occurs when a band or musician performs at a particular venue for the first time. It’s an ...

Friedman handled lead guitar duties in Megadeth from 1990 to 2000, playing on such landmark albums as Rust in Peace and ...

Adult uke players of all skill levels sip wine while strumming and singing songs by Joni Mitchell to Taylor Swift.

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Randy Boyd doesn’t only continue to play the steel guitar because it’s “fun.” Originally from Port Lavaca and now a Victoria ...

The Show's ANALOGS series is about people who make things by hand — and what those things tell us about those people.

Charvel stacks the specs up high on a $1,599 shred machine that comes fresh with a super-distressed finish, DiMarzio HSH ...

Fred and Betty Schlissel met on a Halloween blind date, fell in love and got married. The couple bought a house, raised three children and traveled around the world. More than 70 years later ...

“While I was in the process of learning how to do that, I was like ‘I need a different guitar.’” That different guitar? A Lefty Kurt Cobain Fender Jaguar. Typically a Tele player, Barnett ...