Emerson Electric Co. on Tuesday disclosed a nearly $7 billion offer to buy National Instruments Corp., which it has been trying to buy for more than eight months. Emerson Electric, a St. Louis-based ...

Happy 100th Birthday, Les Paul! June 9, 2015, is an important day for the guitar and music world: It is the centennial of the birth of electric guitar icon and innovator, Les Paul, who was born in ...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announced a new line of hybrid acoustic-electric guitars being made in California. Dubbed the American Acoustasonic Series Telecaster, ...

Emerson Electric Co. has managed to reach a deal to acquire National Instruments. The question is if Emerson is the winner in this deal. With many moving parts in its transition, Emerson remains a bit ...

What’s considered the best-selling pop instrument of all time was invented by Southern Californian Leo Fender. Aug. 10, 1909: Clarence Leonidas Fender is born in Anaheim. 1928: Fender graduates from ...

Playing the Slaperoo. [Credit: Slaperoo] There were a lot of crazy gadgets at Maker Faire this year, and the Slaperoo was definitely one of the craziest. The Slaperoo is an electric percussion ...

You know the Gibson Les Paul: It's that chunky electric guitar hanging off the shoulders of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, the classic axe thrust skyward by Guns N' Roses' lead guitarist Slash. You know ...