Like many players of a certain age, my first guitar was a nylon-string. I don’t think it had a brand name, but it was definitely a cheapo. I’d caught the rock ’n’ roll bug much earlier, which meant ...

Often overlooked and somewhat dwarfed by the more popular Floyd Rose tremolo the Kahler design has held its ground offering a unique feel and operation throughout the Whammy Wars of the 80s. What’s ...

Every guitarist has faced that moment: you pick up a new instrument with high hopes, only to discover it doesn’t play the way you imagined. Maybe the action feels stiff, the notes buzz in strange ...

How often should guitar strings be changed? There isn’t a simple answer. Because strings wear out at different rates based on your environment, how you play and even your body chemistry, I can’t tell ...

For the price of a Martin, produced in some far-away factory by anonymous hands, you could instead have a Sisson, made in Camp Washington by the man himself. Chris Sisson is the proprietor of ...