In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...

Whether you’re a beginner or a blues guitarist, strap your guitar with the best strings to enhance your sound and maintain quality over time The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When ...

There are far too many blues innovators to mention them all but listen to Delta pioneers Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to appreciate the roots of the genre. Billy Gibbons on the tip ...

Professional guitarists frequently insist on non-coated strings because any sort of coating on a string can dampen its sound, robbing the guitar of its brilliant highs and change its tone–almost ...

Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...

A guitar without strings is much less useful than one with them - though you may be able to use an acoustic model as a percussion instrument. It’s important, then, to get the best strings for your ...