Throughout the history of rock and metal, certain artists have risen to the top to become legends. Many of these artists started out with a favorite guitar, or they developed something new to suit ...

References to a guitar-like stringed instrument date back nearly a thousand years, but honestly, none of these lute-ish, uke-ish oddities qualify as a guitar. There is a lot of debate about when the ...

Next year, guitar manufacturer C.F. Martin Co., based in the Lehigh Valley, marks the 100th anniversary of its "Dreadnought" model. When it was introduced, the instrument seemed odd; it was much ...

GUITAR SHOWCASE 2022: Join us on a tour through 100 years of guitar history with the help of a Beatle, a Stone and some unwittingly helpful Nazis... Named after an old warship, the Martin Dreadnought ...

It’s far from easy to tell the definitive tale of any guitar that was used by a famous artist back in the day. The Oxblood is no exception, not least that it’s pretty much 50 years ago that Jeff Beck ...

APPLETON - From Africa, the Middle East and Europe to the sticky stages of College Avenue bars, guitars have been used to entertain, move and provoke us for centuries. They've been strummed, smashed, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Erica Echenberg/Redferns Welcome to the Guitar World quiz! Here, you can test your ...

Classical guitarist Jiji Kim runs through her performance of ''Aluminum Flowers'' with composer Steven Mackey during a rehearsal at Curtis Institute of Music. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa.

Serving as lead guitar player for Motley Crue, Mick Mars has gone through a ton of guitars throughout his career. He recently shared some stories about his huge guitar collection in an interview with ...

The “Coffee Shop” sign had hung outside the storefront only a few hours when a woman walked in carrying a guitar case and asked when open mic night was. “Open a coffee shop,” the proprietor said, “and ...

My friend, Emily, and I were enjoying our chicken dinner at the Country Club of Missouri in early March when an extremely tall gentleman approached us and said he was a Guitar. I invited him to join ...