After starting out with Fontaines D.C. and watching them soar, Fender-heavy album We Were Just Here features gigantic ...

In Akron, Ohio, a small company known worldwide among guitar players is struggling to stay alive. EarthQuaker Devices, which ...

On the last episode of All Songs Considered for 2025, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich takes host Robin Hilton through an ...

This one's for guitarists who enjoy messing with tones, but spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound. Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it ...

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

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Every electric guitarist should have a few pedals in their arsenal to help shape their instrument's tone, boost its dynamics or sonic capabilities, or perform practical duties to ensure they always ...

With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent. By Alex Williams Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who ...

An occasional look at Connecticut’s remarkable people, places and things Among serious electric guitar players and collectors, a few bits of gear stand out as holy grail acquisitions: Good examples of ...

The guitar in John Snyder’s lap is wired through a nondescript aluminum box covered in an array of knobs and switches. As Snyder manipulates them, the tone coming from his amp warbles in otherworldly ...

When looking for the best pedals for sim racing, you should look for those that have good feedback and require the right amount of resistance. Pedals are one of the most crucial parts to work on when ...