"Guitar" Blogs & Blog Posts

The Special Cranker pedal from Earthquaker Devices is the secret weapon to my guitar tone—an "transparent" overdrive pedal that really makes it sound like someone just cranked your amp to 11 (no matter how loud you're actually playing). In fact, th...

Noted UFOlogist Tom Delonge recently rejoined his teenage pop-punk band, Blink-182, and to celebrate the occasion, Fender has released a new version of his old signature guitar, which became a bit of a coveted collectors item due to its reputation as...

CuNiFe is an alloy comprised of 60% copper, 20% nickel, and 20% iron (the later of which is sometimes mixed with cobalt). It stands out not only because of its magnetic properties, but also because of its unique workability, which allows the material...

Fans of fine guitars and luthiery will enjoy the recent documentary "The Chisels are Calling." It's a wonderful profile on guitar and mandolin builder John Monteleone, whose works are on permanent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Musi...

From Burls Art on youtube: See how a shovel is transformed into an electric guitar. The video shows the entire process of the rusty old shovel undergoing an epic transformation into a fanatic sounding instrument. I've seen plenty of cigar box guitars...

How does one turn 1000 aluminum cans into an electric guitar? Burl's Art shows us his process from start to finish. He collected soda cans for over a year from camping trips and BBQs. Next, he spent 3 months building a furnace to melt the cans, and t...

You have to love the versatility of the guitar. Depending on whoever is wielding the instrument, the sounds and genre generated will be incredibly diverse. In the hands of the Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, the guitar produces an exotic and pla...