Guitar pickups detect the motion of a string, most commonly we create this motion with a pick or our fingers, but there are other forces that can vibrate a string, for instance, other soundwaves. You may notice that when you play your electric guitar loudly, the...
Nirvana released an entire unplugged album. The band was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad...
In a recent interview with Goldmine, Johnny Van Zant spoke about the swift passage of time, going forward after Rossington's death, and how the band honors him through playing: "I started with them back in '87. That's been a long, long time ago. But it seems like...
Old Crow Medicine Show is an Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, that has been recording since 1998. They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on September 17, 2013. Their ninth album, Remedy, released in 2014, won the Grammy Award for Best Folk...
The Scorpions enjoyed their biggest commercial success from the early '80s through the early '90s, thanks to such headbanging-yet-melodic rockers as "No One Like You" and "Rock You Like a Hurricane," as well as the power ballad "Wind of Change". But it was their '70s...
It’s easy to forget how much great acoustic music the Grateful Dead produced over their career. They are typically thought of as a jam band and much of their catalogue is electric, but the Dead actually played whole sets acoustically. Jerry Garcia’s background was...
Spec Sheet Checking in at $449.99 USD, the '60s Custom Telecaster Alnico single coils and the standard Tele control plate. It has a slim C-shaped neck profile that is smooth and fast, never feeling sticky despite the shiny gloss finish. There are 3 barrel saddles on...
The String Cheese Incident is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang, Michael Travis, Bill Nershi, Kyle Hollingsworth, and Keith Moseley, and, since 2004, Jason Hann. © acousticworld.net...
What Is an Interval? An interval is the distance between two pitches. That's it! Whether two notes are played separately or together, we call the difference in pitch an interval. We measure them in semitones, which is the space of one fret on the guitar. We can...
Radiohead is an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since...