The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

The humble capo has graced the gig bags of performing musicians for decades, clamping down to change the overall key of a guitar in a single, swift motion. Now, a new take on the capo opens up whole ...

Kevin Gordon has dueted with Lucinda Williams, performed on NPR’s World Cafe and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and seen his songs covered by Keith Richards, Irma Thomas, Levon Helm, and ...

This is a story about tracing the history of how the guitar's standard tuning (EADGBE) came to be in its current form, going ...