A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret the ...

We pit steel-string guitars head-to-head with their nylon-string counterparts. What are the main differences, and which is best for you? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s only a matter of time before every guitar player’s ...

In Pound For The Sound, we get technical with local musicians about what gear they use to create their signature tones. Jon Rauhouse, a.k.a. “Mr. Orchid Fingers,” is a veteran multi-instrumentalist ...

Even if you've never held one of his namesake instruments, you may know that Les Paul designed one of the first solid-body electric guitars. Astonishingly, Gibson, which manufactured the guitar, was ...

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