The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

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Gretsch packs the legendary studio magic of Abbey Road into a guitar that's also pleasantly playable, and competitively ...

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When "Trigger" is done, Willie Nelson is done. There may not be a more famous guitar in the music world than Willie Nelson’s trusty Trigger. The living country music legend has played the same Martin ...

Iowa duo Kathryn Severing Fox and Chad Elliott have turned a mutual love of songwriting into a hit album and a growing collection of awards and fans.

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Stephen Wilson Jr. has lived many different lives. In case you didn't know, the "I'm A Song" singer hasn't been a singer-songwriter his entire life. At first, he was a boxer – as his father had ...

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