A two-year stint left McKay with fans including the Edge, Robert Smith and Geordie Walker, plus a stack of demo tapes that he ...

But the first bona-fide electric guitar - or the first instrument that was pickup-driven, at least - was the oddly dubbed ‘Frying Pan’ in 1932. Advertisement. Advertisement.

In this exclusive excerpt from his new book 'Heartbreaker': A Memoir,' Mike Campbell looks back at his first meeting with Tom Petty.

If you’re a guitar snob, you can probably pass on this one, but if you're looking for an affordable and portable option, it's worth a closer look. The Enya NOVA Go SP1 is only $199.99, down from ...

Before he was strumming along in studios with The Beatles, Paul McCartney had a number of guitars. He enjoyed a Zenith Model 17 (acoustic) guitar for a while, as well as a Hofner Club 40 that was ...

Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, Gibson built its second factory here in the 1950s and Fender was ...

An electric guitar can be a rewarding woodworking project that doesn’t require a bunch of experience. Compared to an acoustic guitar, whose body construction and materials vastly affect its ...

A Fender 'Tremolux' amplifier stack, dating to between 1965-’70, sold for £1,400, a Hofner electric 'violin' bass guitar made £1,050, a Harmony 'Meteor' electric guitar in sunburst colour ...

Speed. Electric shavers are quick and easy, giving you a complete shave or a tidy-up trim in a fraction of the time it takes to lather up soap from a manual razor.

Paul McCartney was reunited with his 1961 electric Höfner bass guitar -- which he played with The Beatles -- more than 50 years after it was stolen. × Skip to main content ...

THE mum of two who returned Sir Paul McCartney’s bass guitar to him after it was lost for 52 years is hoping to get a reward for her honesty. When Cathy Guest, 52, returned the Hofner 500/1 ...

Nick Wass, a former marketing manager and electric guitar developer for Höfner, and husband and wife team Scott and Naomi Jones, both journalists, created the Lost Bass Project to seek out leads ...