It’s a quiet morning in the muggy pastures of Tennessee, but things are about to get a lot louder. Over a cow’s distant moo comes the abrasive pounding of hammer on nail as Jack White, guitarist for ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. There’s always been a tension between loud guitars and smart words. The words want to be heard, and the guitars ...

Photo by Michael QuinnWhy do guitarists sell millions of records and get all the chicks? Why do idiots collect guitars? Why are there so many books about guitars? Why do some guitars sell for hundreds ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Beat It” famously includes a guitar solo from Van Halen’s Eddie Van Halen. An engineer who worked with Jackson said the solo was originally unbearably loud. Subsequently, he decided ...