They say at times you can't hear the sheer brilliance of a song until it's broken down on acoustic guitar, so for this edition of Gear Factor, you'll get a lot of brilliance from some of rock and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ramones' classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We're going to fall out about this, ...

Fender is one of the leaders in the guitar industry and we recently visited the guitar giant's Los Angeles office to speak with the CEO of the company Andy Mooney, who not only took us through a ...

Whether it’s Jimmy Page’s iconic guitar solo in Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” or Kurt Cobain’s power chords within Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” hearing a great guitar riff for the first ...

Few guitar riffs are as instantly recognizable (and deliciously catchy) as the opening of Dire Straits' 1985 smash hit "Money for Nothing." Driven by Mark Knopfler's crunchy, unmistakable guitar ...

There are many ways one might write an acoustic song. You might play basic chords to support the voice, emphasizing the vocal melody and the story in the lyrics. A strum-and-sing approach, as one ...

Good times: Nile Rodgers is happy to unpick the secrets of a great guitar hook Any boy growing up in the Seventies did their basic training with car noises. That vibration at the front of the mouth ...

Editor’s Note: This week we introduce Riffs, an occasional profile of a notable professional musician in the Southland. Known for finger pickin’ and putting his own spin on flamenco and classical ...