The electric guitar is the alpha instrument in rock music, but there have been plenty of great acoustic songs as well.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Some moments in music don't just play - they hit you somewhere deep and don't let go. A truly great guitar solo is like that.

John Lennon’s long-lost, newly repaired 12-string guitar has set a world record as the most expensive Beatles guitar sold in auction history. The Framus Hootenanny, which was used by the famed ...

A guitar used by John Lennon has sold for $2,857,500, setting a new record for the highest-selling guitar at auction in the Beatles‘ history. “We are absolutely thrilled and honored to have set a new ...

The Hagstrom Viking II cherry red electric guitar that Presley played during one of the most important performances of his ...

Country music in the 1950s enjoyed widespread appeal and featured diverse styles from honky-tonk to the pristine Nashville sound. With the rise of rockabilly and early rock and roll, both influenced ...

The first guitar that mattered to me was not mine. It was my dad’s: a regular‑guy acoustic in the corner of the office/playroom, strings a little dead, wood a little scuffed, transformed into a magic ...

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, ...

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 ...