For the next week, SPIN will be venturing into the great unknown to attempt to answer some questions (or at least hazard some guesses) about the future of music. Join us as we look at what the world ...

On the new DVD “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” (TPR Music, www.greatkat.com), The Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) buzzes through “Flight of the Bumblebee” at a mind-numbing 300 beats per minute. The ...

Anthony Dickens had an idea for a new kind of guitar for more than 10 years, but work on a prototype only started two years ago. Now with the help of engineers from London's Makerversity, the Circle ...

Turning the impossible into the prettiest stream of strings, Brooks Robertson has been billed as “The Northwest’s Premier Fingerstyle Guitarist.” He’s been praised by such legendary guitarists as ...

Collier never learned on a six-string. Instead, he cut his teeth on a four-string tenor guitar. Then he had the audacity to imagine the existence of a five-string that could facilitate the sound he ...

Alex Manwell starts to tune up a guitar as he begins his lesson. He explains to his teacher that he didn’t practice much the previous week because work is busy; he’s swamped with meetings. “This is ...

When Swedish metal icons Meshuggah unleashed their mighty, low down, single-string riffs on Nothing in 2002, the meaning of the word heavy was henceforth redefined. From then, the 8-string guitar has ...

I'm all for developers trying to revitalize the music genre. I think we've all moved past the point of wanting to play the standard five-colored button guitar games. Harmonix is making strides with ...

Lopez plays eight-string electric guitar and seven-string acoustic guitar at wine bars, restaurants and other venues around Sonoma County. He often plays as part of a duo, using any one of several ...