The pickups assigned to the different positions on an electric guitar's toggle switch are preset by the maker, and tweaking them involves breaking out the soldering iron and lots of experimenting. The ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t tend to ...

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic film, Gibson has launched two replicas of Mary McFly's generationally ...

Ariel Posen's signature Strat is one of the coolest and most original we have seen in years and presents players with some of ...

The incredible guitar virtuosity from the likes of Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Stanley Jordan all rely on their string-picking proficiency being registered by the instrument's pickups. These ...

The Gibson Les Paul has been a mainstay of Warren Haynes’ guitar arsenal since his days as a fledgling player in his native ...

A guitar for the beginner, the budget-conscious and the professional alike, the mahogany-bodied bolt-on has 85/15 “S” humbuckers, coil-splits, the PRS shallow violin carve... It's a serious guitar ...

Electric guitars were the hip new thing back in the mid-century. The electrification of the common and portable guitar opened up a lot of avenues in terms of sound and technique. Specifically, the use ...

Guitar virtuosos have to master all kinds of playing techniques. But how can the intricate process of playing the instrument be captured digitally? A special thin film on the tailpiece has the answer.

Gretsch 6120s from 1957 in such good condition are thin on the ground. And this one has the rare distinction of being the one ...