The guitarist praises Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for having inspired his own love of drop tunings and evocative tones ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images "Heavy metal and drop D is a match made in heaven," Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil ...

No matter how dextrous your fingers might be, if your best guitar is out of tune, you won’t sound great. Experienced musicians can often tune by ear, but even with years of experience under your belt, ...

More than a decade ago, a startup launched on Kickstarter to fund an automated guitar tuner called the Roadie. Now the company has returned to the platform with the smarter, faster, smoother and more ...

Band Industries, the company behind the Roadie automatic guitar tuners, is returning to Kickstarter with Roadie 4, its “most advanced” tuner to date. I’ve reviewed these guitar tuners in the past, as ...

Terry Harper can barely play a chord, but he has made thousands of songs sound perfect. One of the world's great pianists describes Mr Harper as the doctor who heals his throat so he can sing. For 40 ...

Does anyone remember tuning before smartphones? In the era in which I started learning to play guitar (middle millennial here), there were these little electronic tuners. Remember those? To be honest, ...

Tune up without getting bogged down. If you'd rather not use this automated tuning, or find that it doesn't quite work, you can tap a string to tune it specifically. This also plays the note from your ...

"I've been told how influential King's X has been by almost every musician I've run into, but very few will make a big statement about it" “It was really, really, really, really so cool for him to say ...

One of the first things to know about a ukulele is how to tune it. How to tune ukulele [Pinterest] Learning to play the ukulele is fun, but if your instrument is out of tune, it won’t sound right no ...

Mooer Audio has refreshed its desktop amp series with the Hornet 15W Li, and it’s portable, packed with features, available in white or black finishes, and as the name suggests has a lithium battery ...

With a clean tone, a Boss CE-2 Chorus pedal, you can do those nice Metallica-style clean tones; the EMGs have that hi-fi ...