Françoise and Daniel Sinier de Ridder had been repairing antique musical instruments, especially guitars, for museums and private collectors for more than four decades before they decided to publish a book about their work. In it, they described a select group of...
James Donald Root (born 2 February 1971) known as #4 is one of the guitarists in Slipknot and former guitarist in Stone Sour. with a height of 198 cm, making him the tallest member in the band. James joined Slipknot after previous guitarist Josh Brainard left the band...
The classical guitar (also called Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric...
Pay is the former Slank guitarist who is now the guitarist of the band BIP. He once had the opportunity to be one of the guitarists who performed on the Guitar Clinic album and jam session with Andy Timmons at Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta. In addition, Pay is also famous as...
The history of the classical guitar is paved with the major milestones of the history of humanity. Just like the waves of human migration across history, the classical guitar has also traveled and evolved from Mesopotamia to Spain, and then to the Americas. Through...
The Gigi guitarist initially learnt guitar by himself. He once stole his grandmother's money to buy a guitar. His guitar career blossomed after his move from Bali to Surabaya. Besides releasing albums with Gigi, Budjana also worked on solo albums and Trisume with...
Guitar aficionados are generally aware that our beloved instrument traveled a very long and somewhat uncertain path to Spain. Many significant developments in classical guitar design and technique, and many important performers and composers, flourished in Spain...
It was only last month that we were once again reporting on the wild experiments of mad six-string scientist Bernth, who managed to record a song with a, erm, neckless electric guitar.That video was the latest in a long line of instrumental investigations from Bernth,...
Gyan Riley is active as a soloist, ensemble player, composer, and improviser in a wide variety of styles. We bounced off a few questions via email over the past weeks.Gyan PortraitCG.org: When did you start playing guitar, and what was your path to serious study?Gyan:...
Yvette Young is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and visual artist known for her unique fingerstyle playing style and use of unconventional guitar techniques.Young began playing guitar at the age of 14 and has since gained a large following for her YouTube...