Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

The post How to Capture Opeth’s Guitar Sound appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Opeth have become one of the most revered bands in modern metal due to an unceasing artistic drive. Chief ...

Everything starts with tuning; and if you're a guitarist it's a burden you have to accept. Pianists? They have it easy! Set and forget. But every time you pick your guitar up to play you'll need to ...

After spending decades trying to emulate the guitar, it might have been easier just to pick one up and learn how to play it… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Italian musician David Lap has set about discovering all the instruments a guitar can mimic, and it turns out there are a lot of them. In his latest video, the guitar/bass/piano player shows off how ...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - “Are you playing through an amp?” my wife asked me the other day, when I was strumming an acoustic guitar in the living room. The answer was no. “Then why does it sound that ...

Epic live performances helped Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin build a positive reputation with their massive fan base, even if one concert was like torture for another famous rocker. The band worked ...

Inventor Paul Vo‘s latest crazy musical innovation is a hand-held wand that changes the sound of guitars like magic. Hold it up to a guitar string, and it’ll vibrate forever. Depending how you use the ...

Whenceforth cometh that unusual guitar shred? What is this strange device that makes a guitar sound like the budget score to a 80s video game? Let me explain. I’ve written about Jeremy Bell’s ...

Magnets keep strings suspended without anchor points, and pushing a magnet piece bends notes, so you get expressive sounds with simple moves.

Page displayed his fondness for musical experimentation from an early age. He used to tune his guitar in a strange way long before he formed Led Zeppelin. Page experimented with unique sounds early in ...

When I was younger I took my acoustic guitar with me wherever I traveled. It's ridden in the back of a van to the Poconos, taken rides down to the Jersey Shore and even flown to the Grand Canyon and ...