Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

Kurt Cobain’s most beloved six-string companion could soon be in your hands. A 1969 Fender Competition Mustang that the late Nirvana frontman deemed his favorite guitar will be auctioned off at ...

Left-handed guitarists have historically faced limited options and higher prices. Many were forced to play upside-down right-handed guitars or settle for poorly converted instruments that never felt ...

If you're left-handed, then 13th of August is a special one for you. It's International Left-handers Day 2025! It's a time to celebrate left-handed people and to raise awareness of some of the ...

When it comes to electric guitars, if you can dream it, Ed Snoble can build it. Snoble has taken his hobby of repairing and customizing guitars and turned it into the Penguin Guitar Company, making ...

Musicians have a variety of needs and wants, and often that requires a search outside the box. Music instrument chains like Guitar Center have their vast inventories and experts, but for many ...

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, ...

Some believe a musician is only as good as the guitar they wield. We’re not so sure that’s true, because plenty of musicians have made killer music with notably cheap (or homemade) instruments. And ...

Why, if something as a guitar riff can be so enjoyable, do we make what's known as the "stank face" in response to hearing something so initially impactful and impressive? As it turns out, on top of ...