Bands & Artists

Maybe you have seen Pete Townshend, the guitar player for the legendary band The Who, show off his perfect windmill form. This chicken-scratcher makes it look easy. Guess what -- it's NOT. But...

So you wanna be a rocker huh? Well there are a lot of ways to learn. You could go to a guitar teacher, get some books or dvds, join a website, any number of things, but if you prefer to teach...

The pentatonic scale is an easy and useful scale for soloing or for constructing a riff around. It is also visual on guitar, making it easier to work within. Thus, a guitar is an ideal instrument...

Most people don't know this, but there is a right and a wrong way to string a guitar. You can do it wrong and still have a playable sound, but there are downsides to not doing it completely right.

Angus Young is the lead guitarist of the hard rock band AC/DC. He started playing guitar at a very young age.

A guitar slide is a way to show off while playing the guitar. It's pretty cool if you can pull one off. If you know how to slide, then you know how to guitar slide.

An acoustic/electric guitar is an acoustic guitar fitted with a pickup similar to those found in electric guitars, or with a microphone mounted inside the body. Choosing the best strings for an...

Guitars (or a similar string instruments)are the most popular instruments in the world. If you enjoy playing the guitar and want to share your music or just talk about all things guitar you may...

Part work of art, part mechanical feat, the electric bass guitar is a musical instrument mastered by few but admired by many. The bass can require a more exacting technique than an electric...

Chester Burton Atkins was a famous guitar player known as "Mr. Guitar." He was also a record producer who made huge contributions to country music. Atkins won a total of eleven Grammy Awards in...

The Guitar Resonator generates an alternating magnetic field from the guitar pickup signal. The string vibration is amplified when positioning the Resonators head near the strings. This vibration...

C sharp (noted as C# in musical notation) tuning is a non-standard guitar tuning. It is a step and a half lower than standard tuning. By tuning each string to the appropriate steps down, when the...

Pantera was one of the premier metal bands of the 90's due to their solid drumming, extreme vocals and thundering basslines. The one thing that stood out the most, though, was the crunchy guitar...

Are you in a killer jam at band practice and all of the sudden.... SNAP!!! your string breaks, the jam stops, and everyone looks at you.... well now you will know how to fix that broken string in...

The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the biggest bands of 90's in part due to the massive guitar sound they created. The Smashing Pumpkins guitar sound is a combination of several components that...

Ok, I'm obviously not a rockstar! Even though it will probably never happen, these are some tips for those who have the time, money, and patience. Being a rockstar is not that hard if you are...

Make background music as the basis for a song by recording the drums, bass and guitar before adding different layers of sound to make the song more interesting. Consider adding a catchy guitar...

Hook up a guitar pedal to an amplifier by plugging in a cord connecting the guitar to the pedal, and then plugging in a cord from the pedal output to the amplifier input. Add a guitar pedal to an...

Playing bass requires following the kick drum and matching what the guitar players are doing by figuring out the root note of each chord played by guitarists. Develop technical skills for playing...

Often regarded as little more than a Mongolian barre chorder, the Stooges' late guitarist, Ron Asheton, proved to be one of rock's most resourceful and creative presences. From the elementary...

Guitar strings go bad. It is inevitable. Changing strings once every month or two is a great idea; but with these tips, I'll teach you how to get strings that last for several months without...

When learning to play the guitar, many people are quickly discouraged when learning to read music because it is difficult and time consuming if you don't understand what is going on. Luckily, for...

If you've heard albums like "Redneck Jazz" (1978), "Unfinished Business" (1989) or the Grammy-nominated "88 Elmira St" (1991), you already know the late Danny Gatton was a force of nature--one who...

Conventional wisdom holds that a strong vocal presence is crucial to having any kind of success in popular music. That said, the late Michael Bloomfield remains one of the glorious exceptions to...

Had he fallen off the pop radar after accompanying David Bowie during the latter's classic Ziggy Stardust era, Mick Ronson's legacy would still be secure. That he remained busy with other...

Throughout his career, the late Peter John "Ollie" Halsall exemplified a monstrous musical talent--one who spoke in fast, precise legato runs that characterized his groundbreaking work with the...

Never has a band had the kind of influence over culture, music and musicians the way the Beatles did. From the way they sounded to the way they looked and the clothes they wore, they were copied...

Few guitarists have left a more lasting imprint on rock 'n' roll than Dave Davies--the Kinks' "Man of a Thousand Riffs"--whose shredding of an amplifier's speaker cone ensured that urgency would...

You want to be a rocker like Jimi Hendrix? Do a famous acoustic smash like Garth Brooks? Or freak out on your Strat like Cobain? Here's how to destroy your guitar on stage without being a moron.

Had Mick Jones' career ended with the Clash, his legacy as punk rock's first true guitar hero would still be assured. That he found renewed life in subsequent bands (Big Audio Dynamite,...

Few rock bands are as instantly recognizable as R.E.M.--whose signature blend of jangly distortion and impeccable pop smarts have outlasted all trends, from grunge, to hip-hop, and everything in...

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