GUITARS AND AMPS EXPO 2014: Riffs are the backbone of rock guitar music. They're the nifty musical devices that are responsible for fish-hooking you into a tune and can lift a song's status into ...

**** Rhett Miller, The Instigator (Elektra): Rhett Miller, leader of Texas alt-country unit Old 97’s, sounds a trifle more “alt” than country on this solo debut. Yet even without the twangy Telecaster ...

Want to see some metalcore guitarists play their favorite riffs? We've had a lot of musicians take part in our Gear Factor series, so to make it easier for fans, we started making compilation videos.

Like the best signature models, Shiflett's Tele is mindful of the artist's foibles - in Shiflett's case, a fondness for country and punk - while boasting a real-world practicality that anyone can dig, ...