99% of electric players use picks, of course. But do you own a capo?

Nobody does rock quite like Jack White. The Detroit-bred singer and guitarist got the world’s attention with the White Stripes, the garage rock, punk-blues duo featuring his “sister,” er, ex-wife of sorts Meg White, and his career has grown exponentially ever since.

In their heyday, Manowar’s slogan was “death to false metal!” But if that’s true, Manowar should die and even Metallica need to retire. Because there’s only one real metal band right now, and that’s Compressorhead.

Tone is the Holy Grail for most dedicated guitarists. It’s something we’re willing to seek and tweak our entire playing lives. And each of us has a different perspective on tone, which explains the proliferation of guitars, pickups and, of course, amplifiers available.

In the annals of Fleetwood Mac’s guitar history, Peter Green gets nearly all the black — in part because of his key role in making the Gibson Les Paul Sunburst an integral part of rock and blues history. But the Mac also featured another great Les Paul player who took lead of the band and helped the group reach its zenith of popularity: Lindsey Buckingham.

Next year marks the 120th anniversary of Gibson, one of the most storied and successful companies in the history of American enterprise. But despite Gibson being a long-time household name for music enthusiasts all over the world, it has not always been smooth-sailing for the iconic company.

Whereas once we might have absorbed an album on a beanbag chair in a garage, surrounded by band posters and bathed in the glow of a lava lamp (at least that's how I like to imagine I'd consume music if I was a teenager in the ‘60s or ‘70s).

For a guitarist, few effects can make a performance more memorable. Without tremolo, the following ten songs would hardly be the same.

Pink Floyd guitar genius David Gilmour has composed some of the most epic, soaring solos in rock history. Look — or listen — no further than his essay in vintage Gibson Les Paul Gold Top glory on “Comfortably Numb,” arguably the greatest recorded guitar solo of the ’80s for its compositional breadth, emotional arc and tonal grace.

Kurt Cobain, the legendary frontman of ‘90s grunge band Nirvana, took his own life in his Seattle-area home 19 years ago this Friday (April 5). He was just 27.