The instrument that helped define an entire country music movement began with an inventor who never became a star himself.

Beyond the tales of Clapton’s lost ’Bursts, the guitarist reached for a variety of instruments during his tenure in Cream, ...

In the early 20th century, Chicago became an epicenter for the manufacture of musical instruments. Credit: Illustration by Frank Okay Like a giant urban phoenix, Chicago rose from the ashes of the ...

As chosen by a panel of ace guitarists across a variety of genres, as well as experts and journalists. From the blues to jazz to rock to folk to country, the guitar is probably the most pivotal ...

To some people, guitars are almost as essential as toilet paper. While the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, seriously hurting and shuttering many businesses, some companies — ...

Headlines haven’t been kind to electric guitars. Slipping sales year over year made for a bleak portrait, and by last September, even Eric Clapton wondered if the instrument was on its way out. “Maybe ...

I'm more intrigued by the premise behind this wild robotics project than the technology itself: "What if digital music could ...

Is it a guitar? Is it a piano? Nope, it is a crazy iPhone-powered combination of both. Plus it has a built in bass, violin and drum machine to boot. The Artiphon Instrument 1 looks something like a ...

Says Sweetwater Sound's CEO: "The two things that sell best during a depression or crisis are musical instruments and alcohol." This year’s virtual NAMM — the National Association of Music Merchants — ...

I gave up trying to play the guitar when I was 12 years old. This was approximately two weeks after I started learning it. Truth be told, I never quite got to the “playing” stage of things; I realized ...