Cool read: A history of guitar distortion.
The thing that gives the electric guitar is sonic power is its ability to use distortion and volume to the
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Electric Guitar
An interesting read: The best electric guitar for each genre
While the electric guitar is a wondrously versatile thing, some types work better for some genres than others. This article
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Contrary to some reports, the electric guitar is not dead. Far from it, in fact.
[Every decade or so, people start wailing about the death of rock and how the electric guitar is on the
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 3, 2019
On this day in 1973, the first-ever handheld mobile phone call was made. As for music news on April 3,
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Random music news for Monday, March 11, 2019
The Monday after the switch to daylight saving time is always the worst, innit? Why is this still a thing
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Random music news for Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Plastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February
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Who REALLY invented the electric guitar?
Who should get the credit for inventing the electric guitar? Was it Les Paul? Adolf Rickenbacker? Or someone else? This
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Random music news for Thursday, July 12, 2018
On this day in 1962, the Rolling Stones played their first gig. As for music news for July 12, 2018…
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Say it ain’t so! Electric guitar sales are bad. Very, very bad.
No, no, no. This is not a good sign. I wish we were being punked but it appears that pinch
Read moreIs the Electric Guitar Dying?
Every twenty years or so, someone predicts that music’s love affair with the electric guitar is over. Let’s go back
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Play It Loud: The History of the Electric Guitar
If there had to be one iconic symbol of rock and roll, it would definitely be the electric guitar. It
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