Queen guitarist Brian May famously takes a DIY approach to his instrument. But what type of strings does he use for his Red Special guitar?

Heavier strings will pull more on the guitar neck, which can cause the action ... Different companies will refer to certain ...

It definitely wasn’t music to my ears — quite the opposite, as a matter of fact. I tuned my guitar strings as low as possible ...

Billy Strings is a man of many talents: A preternaturally skilled guitarist, a soulful singer, a thoughtful interpreter, a crafty songwriter, a charismatic stage presence. But his greatest feat to ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t ...

Here Mancuso tells Guitar World about the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound – a list which reflects why he’s such a rounded ...

Tom Morello isn't a conventional guitarist. He plays in a way that sounds otherworldy, and there are secrets he implements ...

Martin says mahalo to the pioneers of steel-string guitar design with new player-friendly acoustic featuring a ...

Speaking to GW in 1996, the always-candid Hetfield recounted how Metallica's post-Black Album break left him “vegging”, and ...

Unlike many collaborative songs featuring the bluegrass star, Strings added vocals to the track along with his impressive guitar work. Maybe more importantly, it signals the beginning of a new ...