With ringing intros written on a Rickenbacker 12-string that helped define the musical tastes of a generation, the songs of The Byrds changed the shape of contemporary music in the mid- and late 1960s ...

The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

In the April 1988 issue of Guitar Player, Joe Walsh shared with us "what I consider to be the 12 best all-time-forever guitar solos. "They aren’t in any particular order," he said. "I don’t think the ...

Paul Brett, the 12-string acoustic virtuoso turned guitar designer who collaborated with the likes of Arthur Brown and folk-rock legend Roy Harper, has died, aged 76. Born in London, latterly of ...

When John Fahey recorded The New Possibility in 1968 to make a few bucks off Christmas sales every year, his album title turned out to be emblematic of the solo guitar's potential. The music grows ...

Paid $770 for the guitar, a very nice hard case and a 12-string capo<br><br>My musical background is strong. Since I was a child it was a major part of my life. My parents started me on classical ...