The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.

Kentucky based band Mavis Guitar returned to the WYSO studios to perform live and chat with Kaleidoscope host Juliet Fromholt ...

Strings & Sol will bring bluegrass to the beach this winter when the all-inclusive concert vacation returns to Puerto Morelos ...

Tara Gracer Strings & Sol, the destination concert event put on by Cloud 9 Adventures, has issued an official invite for its ...

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't ...

Guitar scholar John Stropes' new book is both a cultural history of Leo Kottke's landmark album and a guide to playing Kottke ...

The final votes are in, and you've chosen Strings Sports Brewery as Jacksonville's favorite place to get a local beer.

In his debut GW column, the prog-metal master teaches you the punishing seven-string string-skipping techniques behind ...

Tension & Playability: Most bass players prefer a total set tension between 150–200 lbs for a standard 4-string. Higher tension gives more punch and sustain; lower tension is easier to play but may ...

Tension Formula: T = (UW × (2 × L × F)²) / 386.088 — where T = tension in lbs, UW = unit weight of string (lbs/in), L = scale length in inches, F = frequency in Hz. This is the industry-standard ...