Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

Like many would-be six-string slingers, Don Bacon of Denver, Colorado, found getting started tougher than it looked. The discomfort experienced when pushing soft finger ends onto hard metal strings ...

Many musicians can play Aerosmith's "Dream On" with a guitar. Indeed, just as many can carve out the classic rock tune on a piano. But how many performers can capture the song on both instruments at ...

There's something pretty satisfying about nailing those floating, colorful notes in Guitar Hero, a feeling that a company named Incident took advantage of with a more lifelike guitar in 2012 to pretty ...

The Finger Friendly Guitar Company Keyboard makes picking up guitar easier and less strenuous. Developed by self-proclaimed “failed guitarist” Don Bacon, this apparatus helps people become more ...

A new stand-alone programmable MIDI controller has been created called the Tabstrummer, which is half guitar and half keyboard. It allows chords to be programmed into it and then played back at the ...

[Heinrich Laue] was kind of a latecomer to the fake guitar playing video game phenomenon. He played Frets on Fire — an open source clone of the game — on PC and eventually bought a copy of Guitar Hero ...

A crazy gadget that looks like a toy fretboard peripheral for a video game is actually a highly versatile instrument that can be played in many ways. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

Rock Band 3 will offer keyboard and guitar controllers which double as as functional instruments plus a 'Pro' mode to teach music-playing fundementals, USA Today has revealed, as well as tracks ...

Here’s a comparison of the top Guitar Center deals for Black Friday 2021, including deals on acoustic guitars, percussions, wind instruments & more BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Friday 2021 ...