While Allen can play stunning solos, his colorful chords hold equal weight, a fact proven across these 28 illuminating ...

What if the strings of a guitar could float, untethered, held in place by nothing but invisible magnetic forces? It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but Mattias Krantz outlines how he turned ...

The magic of 12-string guitars in corrido music lies in their string arrangement. With pairs of strings tuned in octaves (except for the two highest pairs, which are tuned in unison), these ...

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Struggling with high strings or out-of-tune notes? This tutorial teaches you how to adjust your guitar’s action and intonation to improve playability and tone. Perfect for electric and acoustic guitar ...

From his heart to his hands, Gabriel Tenorio is always making music. “I can’t stop hearing it,” he said. “I can’t stop hearing my memories.” Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

Sam Ash has a released a bilingual bajo quinto guide with video, featuring Max Baca of Los Texmaniacs. The resource covers setup, tuning, chord forms, and tonal qualities of H. Jimenez instruments for ...

The not-so-humble 12-string guitar. Like its six-string brother but beefed up on steroids, its impact on a song is unmistakable. While it packs double the ergonomic punch, the result isn’t necessarily ...

Does anyone remember tuning before smartphones? In the era in which I started learning to play guitar (middle millennial here), there were these little electronic tuners. Remember those? To be honest, ...

The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room. By Zoë Lescaze In My Obsession, one creative person reveals their most ...

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