Ernie Ball's Music Man guitar-making arm has launched a new Artist Series StingRay in collaboration with Dustin Kensrue from American alt-rockers Thrice. Among the signature tweaks is the ability to ...

The pickups assigned to the different positions on an electric guitar's toggle switch are preset by the maker, and tweaking them involves breaking out the soldering iron and lots of experimenting. The ...

There’s a story that goes something like this: Chet Atkins was playing his guitar when someone remarked, ‘that guitar sounds great!’ Mr. Atkins immediately stopped playing and asked, ‘how does it ...

Pickups are the most important factor in the sound of an electric guitar. Other things will affect it as well, but the pickups help shape the fundamental tone and will react to how you play. Since ...